Investigating The Ingredient List

by: AndreaDow
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Wednesday, April 30th

Do you still look at food labels wondering which additives are safe, healthy and chemical-free? Do you feel like you are reading words that sound like they describe the scene of a hazardous waster crime? Thanks to Nutrition Action Newsletter, I have a great list for you to print and use when you are shopping at the grocery store to decipher what is safe, what you should cut back on, and what to avoid.

Safe:
Alginate
Alpha tocopherol (Vitamin E)
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
Beta-Carotene
Calcium Propionate
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate
Carageenan
Citric Acid
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
EDTA
Erythorbic acid
Ethyl vanillin
Ferrous gluconate
Fumaric acid
Gelatin
Gylcerin
Gums (guar, karaya, locust bean, xanthan, arabic)
Inulin
Lactic Acid
Lecithin
Maltodextrin
Modified starch
Mono- and diglycerides
Neotame
Oat fiber
Oligofructose
Phosphates
Phosphoric acid
Phytostanols
Phytosterols
Polysorbate 60,65,80
Potassium sorbate
Propylene glycol alginate
Sodium ascorbate
Sodium carboxymethyl-cellulose
Sodium citrate
Sodium propionate
Sodium stearoyl fumarate/lactylate
Sorbic acid
Sorbitan monostearate
Starch
Sucralose (Splenda)
Thiamin mononitrate
Vanillin
Wheat Fiber

Cut Back: (all forms of sugar)
Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Fructose, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Invert sugar, maltitol, Mannitol, Ploydextrose, Sorbitol, Sugar, Xylitol

Caution:
Artificial Colorings (Citrus Red 2, Red 40)
Brominated Vegetable Oil/ BVO
Butylated hydroxytoluene/ BHT
Quinine

AVOID:
Acesulfame potassium
Artificial colorings (Blue, Green, Red and Yellow followed by a #)
Aspartame
Olestra
Partially hydrogenated oil
Potassium bromate
Propyl gallate
Saccharin
Sodium Nitrate/Nitrite
Stevia

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