STUFF I NEVER KNEW: Petroleum Loops: fruit loops are delicious – and made from a product that’s made out of the same stuff that makes gasoline European countries like Norway, Finland, France and Austria all have banned at least one variation of petroleum-containing food coloring. Another common additive banned in other countries but allowed in the U.S. is Olestra, which essentially is a fat substitute found in products that traditionally have actual fat. For example, low-fat potato chips like Ruffles Lite, Lays Wow and Pringles fat-free chips all contain Olestra – which is shown to cause the depletion of fat-soluble vitamins. Different brands of fat-free ice cream and mayonnaise at one time also contain the chemical. Olestra has been banned in several countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2003, the FDA lifted a requirement forcing companies that use Olestra in their products to include a label warning consumers that the food their eating could cause ‘cramps and diarrhea,’ despite the fact that the agency received more than 20,000 reports of gastrointestinal complaints among olestra eaters. Do you like citrus drinks, like Mt. Dew, Squirt or Fresca? Then you also like brominated vegetable oil, which is banned in more than 100 countries because it has been linked to basically every form of thyroid disease – from cancer to autoimmune diseases – known to man. Hungry? 1 1/2 pounds of food (and chemicals used to make bleach and rubber yoga mats) Other products made from bromine: chemicals used to keep carpets from catching on fire and for disinfecting swimming pools. Other food products made from brominated vegetable oil include New York brand flatbreads, bagel chips, Baja Burrito wraps and other bread products. Of brominated vegetable oil, the FDA says it is approved ‘for flavoring oils used in fruit-flavored beverages, for which any applicable standards of identity do not preclude such use, in an amount not to exceed 15 parts per million in the finished beverage.’ Then there’s things like Hungry Man frozen dinners, which will fill you up – with azodicarbonamide, a chemical used make things like bleach and rubber yoga mats. Most frozen potato and bread products – like different varieties of McCain brand french fries – contain the chemical, as well as several store brand bread products. Azodicarbonamide is known to induce asthma, and has been banned in Australia, the U.K. and most other European countries. If you were to use it as a food ingredient in Singapore, you could face up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. According to the FDA, Azodicarbonamide is ‘approved to be a bleaching agent in cereal flour’ and is ‘permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption.’ The final chemicals on the list – butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) – are found in everyday products like Post, Kellogs and Quaker brand cereals, as well as Diamond Nuts, Chex Mix and gum brands like Wrigley’s, Trident, Bazooka and Bubble Yum. Both BHA and BHT are waxy solids made from petroleum and are known to cause cancer in rats. It’s banned in Japan, England and several other European countries. FOOD, Health, NEWS, WORLD Tagged: American foods banned in other countries, Azodicarbonamide, banned bad boys, BHA, Chex Mix, dangerous foods with chemicals, FDA, Food, Mt. Dew, Olestra, Rich food Poor food NO WONDER WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM CANCER; THERE IS SO MUCH GARBAGE IN OUR FOOD!!!!!!
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:16:56 +0000
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