Food Additives

Hot Pockets

How Nestlé Misleads America With Hot Pockets

Nestlé is a Swiss food giant that produces a wide range of products, most of which are highly processed and extremely unhealthy when eaten regularly. Let’s look at one such product made by Nestlé: highly processed junk sold in the United States as Hot Pockets. Like many other multinational food companies, Nestlé also adapts its […]

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Hostess

Food Industry Freakout Over RFK Jr. Appointment

The food industry seems to be freaking out over the policy changes that RFK Jr. will bring come January. According to a recent report (DiNapoli, 2024), food companies like Smuckers, who manufacture the Hostess brand of pre-packaged products, are nervously waiting to see if they can continue with their highly processed and nutritionally low products.

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Pop-Tarts

Please Stop Eating Pop-Tarts Immediately

Pop-Tarts are another item I badly want to see removed from our school lunch menus and cafeterias. They are a classic example of highly processed, pre-packaged, low-nutritional junk being sold in our supermarkets. For those unfamiliar people (most of the world outside the U.S.), Pop-Tarts are made by Kellogg’s and marketed as a quick, easy-to-prepare

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Processed American Cheese

The Truth About American Cheese: Are We Eating Plastic?

Cheese is not only delicious but also very nutrient-rich since it is made from milk. It is a concentrated source of protein, calcium, phosphorous, and vitamin A. But not all cheeses are created equal. There are natural cheeses made from curdling milk with an enzyme and/or an acid, and then there are Processed cheeses. Let’s

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Artificial Dyes

Do Artificial Colors Make Our Food Toxic?

According to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the FDA has to approve food additives, including food colors, before they can be used in foods. The FDA defines color additives as chemicals added to food that “Offset color loss due to exposure to light, air, temperature extremes, moisture and storage conditions; correct natural variations

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