Ick Or Treat! Candy Corn: Why to avoid this.
It says, “Made with REAL HONEY”, so it must be good for you. I’m presenting Week 1 of our Not One Ounce Holiday Program today at noon and 3pm, and we’re talking about the best candies to choose for Halloween. Spoiler Alert! (it’s not the candy corn)To make the point...
Can food additives affect ADHD?
It’s hard to imagine that artificial, synthetic food additives could actually be good for you. And, if someone said to you that “food additives can impact ADHD”, would you be surprised? Really? Well, a recent study published in The Lancet found that a mixture of four artificial food colors...
UK Color Free? How US?
It took this scientific article in the journal Lancet to get anything moving. The Food Standards Agency oversees the food safety in the UK. They are calling on companies to identify all products without food additives … particularly food dyes. Is it not incredible to you that anyone would...
Natural? Define “Natural”.
Everything is so confusing. What does “natural” or “artificial” mean? For example, elderberry ice cream has added color from anthocyanins that were isolated from elderberries. THAT makes sense. The added color is considered natural since the elderberry color would be expected in an elderberry ice cream. Now it gets...
Dye Supply Gone Dry?
In 2007, a late frost decimated European elderberry crops. Although this crop, and so the natural coloring it produced, were grown in other areas of the world, it drove the cost up significantly. This kind of cost craziness that can vary from year to year, makes the industry and...
Dyes Are Going Native
Here is an indication of the change we are in the middle of. Back in 2005, Nestle promised to remove all artificial coloring from its products. They vowed to switch to only natural alternatives, but had a real issue finding a replacement for their Brilliant Blue (used in Smarties)....
Dyes In Your Food
Food companies LOVE artificial colors. They are consistent, you can make them in industrial sized tanker truck loads, and because it has nothing to do with living things, it is not subject to changes in the environment or any messy crop fluctuations. Made to eat, but unrelated to food....