Harvest Eating Podcast-plant Based Vegan Recipes

496-What Are They Putting In Our Food?

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Today I am speaking about a subject I am passionate about food labels and additives. While we can't avoid all additives, we can certainly read labels and just say no to food with too many questionable ingredients. A great example is ice cream, I did a story on Instagram yesterday (you are following me right?) whey I showed the label of a “French vanilla” ice cream, it has all the regular ingredients you find in ice cream like milk, cream, eggs, sugar, etc. but also contained many additives, dyes, and nasty chemicals some of which are banned in other countries. I have been speaking on this subject for years, going back to my days formulating pasta sauces and NOT agreeing with food scientists and manufacturing consultants insisting I put additives to extend shelf life in my products. I find many labels that are just way too long and have up to 20-30 ingredients, many of them preservatives, dies, conditioners, texture enhancers, etc. I saw a clip from CBS News recently, now I am no fan of MSM but this was a pret