Posted on 12/18/2013 12:11:21 AM PST by Olog-hai
Take another look at that food label. An ingredient or two may have vanished.
As Americans pay closer attention to what they eat, food and beverage companies are learning that unfamiliar ingredients can invite criticism from online petitions and bloggers. The risk of damaging publicity has proven serious enough that some manufacturers have reformulated top-selling products to remove mysterious, unpronounceable components that could draw suspicion. …
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That's correct. If you see carmine or carminic acid listed on the ingredient label, it's the "natural food color" made from crushed bugs.
Not to mention the fact that those drinks contain almost as many calories and carbohydrates as a slice of cake.
They got clean away with removing the sugar and replacing it with corn syrup.
If you have a Mexican market in your neck of the woods, they have the Coke made with sugar.
Yes, they do, and they usually advertise “Mexican Coke” prominently.
It’s funny how people think natural means good. The fruits and veggies in the grocery store are not natural. Natural foods are typically tiny, bug eaten, and not sweet. Most natural food is not something Americans would ever eat.
LOL! Yes I knew they were flavor enhancers. I have a very serious and scary reaction to those 2 things. What are they made from, do you know?
They are usually used as flavor enhancers (for the savory, or “umami” flavor) with MSG Monosodium Glutamate. But because MSG gives an unpleasant reaction to some people, it is used much less today.
“If disodium inosinate is present in a list of ingredients, but MSG does not appear to be, it is possible that glutamic acid is provided as part of another ingredient or is naturally occurring in another ingredient like tomatoes, Parmesan cheese or yeast extract.”
I have a bad reaction to MSG but I have an even worse and different reaction to disodium gunaylate and disodium insionate. After several reactions, each one getting worse than the last one, I ultimately went to 4 different doctors and not one of them had any idea what had happened to me.
Thanks for the link you provided, I didn’t see it at first.
You’ve never eaten food from my garden. My natural bell peppers were larger than the biggest ones in the store and nearly as sweet as candy, having ripened on the plant.
And not bug eaten either.
Disodium guanylate is produced from dried fish or dried seaweed.
Disodium inosinate is generally produced from meat or fish, but it may also be produced from tapioca starch.
That’s true. They also tend to believe they can take “natural” supplements with abandon, never worrying about how they will interact with their system or with medicines (I have a friend like this). They don’t stop to think that many prescription medicines originate from plants.
Glutamates are important neurotransmitters in the human brain, playing a key element in learning and memory. Here is a page with a list of potential side effects of MSG.
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/Recog.html
The specific chemicals that have caused you trouble are likely locked up in the whole food items you’re eating. It takes the processing to isolate them and ruin your day (week). There is something in cured ham that makes me vomit blood for days.
Dannon yogurt uses crushed bugs to provide a reddish color.
I think the unforseen PR problem of referring to it by it's chemical name rather than as "Umami" (original Japanese term) or something like "Alternative Sea Salt" makes people think it's something cooked up in a lab and foisted upon the public by an evil-eyed SPECTRE mastermind.
Consider:
dihydrogen monoxide = water
xanthine alkaloid = caffeine
cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol = vitamins d2 and d3
epicatechin = a possibly heart-benefiting compound found in chocolate
If you didn't know what those items were and found them listed in ingredients on food products, would you
(a) Run away screaming;
(b) Call for a government investigation or
(c) outright ban or
(d) arrest and executions of the evil scientists who are trying to kill us with these chemicals;
(e) avoid them personally and silently (IMO the ignorant but conservative/libertarian response); or
(f) assume since people consume them all the time, they're probably OK and eat what you like? (That's me.)
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