Strange Food Ingredients
We are familiar with clothes labels and designer labels, but some of the most important labels have to do with the ingredients in our foods. There are some strange ingredients that consumers sometimes come across in food labels and we sometimes wonder what something means, but just overlook it, especially when something tastes good! Read more…
Aspartame Products
Aspartame is a sugar substitute widely used in sugar-free drinks, candies and desserts and in tabletop sweeteners. It is made of two amino acids - aspartic acid and phenylalanine - and breaks down into these two components and methanol upon digestion. Read more…
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Soy from China
Editor’s Note: FoodFacts begins a series of groundbreaking reports about the impact of food ingredients and their role in the foods you eat. We begin with soy. What do you really know about it? Read on.
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New Report: Many Organic Soy Food Brands Importing Beans from China
You might have heard about this: We no longer trust these imports to feed our pets. They have no place in organics.
Tremendous growth in the organic soy foods industry has occurred over the last two decades as consumers seek healthy dietary alternative sources of protein. Many companies touting their “natural” or “organic” soy brands have found favor in the supermarket. A report released by The Cornucopia Institute, lifts the veil on some of these companies, exposing widespread importation of soybeans from China and the use of toxic chemicals to process soy foods labeled as “natural.” Read more…
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