. FOOD CHEMICALS:  Social Media’s Latest Campaign…Food Additive Dyes Yellow 5 (Tartrazine) and Yellow 6 in Processed Foods . Kraft Macaroni & Cheese chemical additives targeted by food bloggers Kraft defends using chemical dye additives in the US product while selling it the UK and elsewhere with natural flavors Two food bloggers from North Carolina have gathered more than 200,000 signatures in an effort to persuade food giant Kraft to remove two chemical food dye additives from the mac’n’cheese packaged meals that it sells in America. Both ingredients, called Yellow #5 and Yellow #6, are not present in equivalent products produced by Kraft in many other countries… Since being launched a week ago their petition has now attracted some 220,000 signatures on the online activist website Change.org. The swell of signatures has resulted in a flood of media stories on the Kraft petition, including a segment on Good Morning America... …the targeted ingredients in the American version have been banned in countries such as Norway and Austria amid claims that they can cause cancer or hyperactivity in children. A report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has previously recommended removing Yellow #6 from the domestic market. The development shows the potential peril and power of social media in the modern age. Last year ABC news ran stories on a beef product that was dubbed “pink slime” and saw its coverage go viral on the internet. The result was a massive collapse in sales by the firm that made the substance and a rash of lawsuits. ___
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FOOD CHEMICALS:  Social Media’s Latest Campaign…Food Additive Dyes Yellow 5 (Tartrazine) and Yellow 6 in Processed Foods

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Kraft Macaroni & Cheese chemical additives targeted by food bloggers


Kraft defends using chemical dye additives in the US product while selling it the UK and elsewhere with natural flavors

Two food bloggers from North Carolina have gathered more than 200,000 signatures in an effort to persuade food giant Kraft to remove two chemical food dye additives from the mac’n’cheese packaged meals that it sells in America.

Both ingredients, called Yellow #5 and Yellow #6, are not present in equivalent products produced by Kraft in many other countries…

Since being launched a week ago their petition has now attracted some 220,000 signatures on the online activist website Change.org. The swell of signatures has resulted in a flood of media stories on the Kraft petition, including a segment on Good Morning America...

…the targeted ingredients in the American version have been banned in countries such as Norway and Austria amid claims that they can cause cancer or hyperactivity in children. A report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has previously recommended removing Yellow #6 from the domestic market.

The development shows the potential peril and power of social media in the modern age. Last year ABC news ran stories on a beef product that was dubbed “pink slime” and saw its coverage go viral on the internet. The result was a massive collapse in sales by the firm that made the substance and a rash of lawsuits.

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FOOD CHEMICALS:   Yellow Dye 5 (Tartrazine) and Other Synthetic Food Dyes…Consumers Wake Up to Coal Tar Dyes in Their Food and Don’t Like What They See

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—> To learn about the scientific findings that have been uncovered worldwide on Yellow Dye 5 and other Food Dyes see our paper here: Research Findings on the Dangers of Synthetic Food Chemicals

and watch our video here:

Puke Yellow (or why you should avoid nasty Yellow 5 Dye)

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Synthetic food dyes raise consumers’ ire

Years ago, most consumers didn’t read food labels or think much about the details of the ingredients in the foods and beverages they consumed.

That’s certainly not true any more. More people pay attention now, and the latest high-profile food issue has been about two chemical food dyes found in many foods, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6.

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SOLUTIONS:  How to reduce the amount of processed foods (and potentially unhealthy synthetic/industrialized food chemicals) you consume each day. 

Your choices…Think them through.

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motiveweight:.And often less-healthy food options are made up of empty calories, prompting people to eat even more…Read more

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. FOOD CHEMICALS:  The Disturbing Facts about U.S. Food Deserts (or Why so Many People in the U.S. Must Ingest Processed Foods Filled with Synthetic and Industrialized Food Chemicals Every Day) . This sobering map shows you all of America’s food deserts The USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas shows where it’s hard to access fresh food, as well as what percentage of residents can’t walk to a supermarket. In a lot of places, it’s a lot of people. Read more → _________________________________ Source: Food Access Research Atlas, USDA
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FOOD CHEMICALS:  The Disturbing Facts about U.S. Food Deserts

(or Why so Many People in the U.S. Must Ingest Processed Foods Filled with Synthetic and Industrialized Food Chemicals Every Day)

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This sobering map shows you all of America’s food deserts

The USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas shows where it’s hard to access fresh food, as well as what percentage of residents can’t walk to a supermarket. In a lot of places, it’s a lot of people.

Read more →

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Source: Food Access Research Atlas, USDA

It’s perfectly legal for companies to keep the FDA in the dark about new additives, and consequently there are some 1,000 ingredients the FDA has no knowledge of whatsoever, according to an estimate done by the Pew Research Center…

Brominated vegetable oil (BVO), for instance (the subject of a well-circulated petition by a 15-year-old in Alabama) was flagged for further study in the ’70s—testing that was never done. And BHA, a “probable carcinogen” according to the Department of Health and Human Services, is still allowed in food.

Melanie Warner, Pandora’s Lunchbox  (vis-a-vis Grist)

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FOOD CHEMICALS:  Synthetic Food Chemicals Banned in Other Countries, Approved for U.S. Consumers

“You think the FDA has your back?  …while it may seem like the government is out to protect us…they don’t completely have our best interest—or health—in mind.”

When U.S. Big Food companies create and package food for countries outside the U.S. they must reformulate the recipes so that the food is additive-free of those synthetic food chemicals banned outside the U.S.  Find out which synthetic food chemicals have been banned elsewhere and the foods they most often make an appearance in U.S. processed foods.

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13 Banned Foods Still Allowed in the U.S.

“If you see any of the following ingredients listed on the nutrition label, don’t buy the product.  Leaving these banned bad boys on the shelves will speak volumes to grocery stores and food manufactures about what informed consumers simply won’t tolerate.”

Some of the synthetic food chemicals banned in other countries but permitted by the  U.S. FDA include:

-Food dyes: Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5 (Tartrazine), and Yellow 6

-Olestra (aka Olean)

-Brominated vegetable oil (aka BVO)

-Potassium bromate (aka brominated flour)

-Azodicarbonamide

-BHA and BHT

-Synthetic hormones (rBGH and rBST)

-Arsenic

Go here to learn more:  http://bit.ly/YfgjXt

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. FOOD CHEMICALS:  Strawberry-Flavored Ack Oh, num, num, num ?  Here’s what’s in many Strawberry-Flavored drinks and shakes found in the grocery store and fast food restaurants.  Read the labels, kids. Make sure it is made from real strawberries—not “strawberry-flavored”. . Strawberry flavoring (like the kind you get in fast food milkshakes) is a mix of about 50 separate chemicals * and none of them have berry in the name. They include**: Amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amyl ketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyl lactate, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethyl propionate, ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol), a-ionone, isobutyl anthranilate, isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone, methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methyl heptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl ketone, methyl salicylate, mint essential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate, orris butter, phenethyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, g-undecalactone, vanillin, and solvent. . * The red flags/symptoms associated with the synthetic versions of many of these food chemicals as well as the foods they are found in appear in our upcoming book:  Chemical Free Shopping Guide . Chemical-Free-Life.org  /  ChemicalFreeLife.tumblr.com __ ** Source:  6 Fake Foods You (Will Wish You Didn’t) Have in Your Kitchen … __ (photo- Is pink milk the new pink slime? Besides flavored milks containing large amounts of sugar, strawberry-flavored milk is also commonly colored with Red Dye 40.)
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Oh, num, num, num ?  Here’s what’s in many Strawberry-Flavored drinks and shakes found in the grocery store and fast food restaurants.  Read the labels, kids. Make sure it is made from real strawberries—not “strawberry-flavored”.

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Strawberry flavoring (like the kind you get in fast food milkshakes) is a mix of about 50 separate chemicals * and none of them have berry in the name. They include**:

Amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amyl ketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyl lactate, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethyl propionate, ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol), a-ionone, isobutyl anthranilate, isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone, methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methyl heptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl ketone, methyl salicylate, mint essential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate, orris butter, phenethyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, g-undecalactone, vanillin, and solvent.

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* The red flags/symptoms associated with the synthetic versions of many of these food chemicals as well as the foods they are found in appear in our upcoming book:  Chemical Free Shopping Guide
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Chemical-Free-Life.org  / 
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. FOOD CHEMICALS:    Soda Sales Sink in the U.S. . The nation’s unquenchable thirst for large quantities of potentially dangerous food dyes such as caramel coloring and Tartrazine (Yellow 5), artificial sweeteners like Aspartame, and preservatives like Sodium Benzoate and BVO (all of which have been linked in scientific studies with a variety of serious health-related problems —including cancer.  See summary: Research Findings on the Dangers of Synthetic Food Chemicals) appears to be fizzing out.  Now if we can just get Big Food corporations to remove these synthetic chemicals from energy drinks and sports drinks… . Soda Revenue Goes From Flat to Sour Wall Street Journal Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group have struggled to reverse the decline in soda consumption in the U.S., where shoppers increasingly reach for water, coffee, and other drinks. Now they have a bigger worry: soda revenue. As U.S. consumption steadily slipped over the past eight years, the beverage giants typically were able to raise prices enough to keep soda revenues from America’s favorite drink growing. But soda sales at U.S. stores declined in the second half of last year—including during the holidays, when party-goers normally pay up to gulp more. Now industry analysts wonder if the downturn in sales is here to stay. . ____________________ (image source-eatnutritiouslivewell.blogspot.com)
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The nation’s unquenchable thirst for large quantities of potentially dangerous food dyes such as caramel coloring and Tartrazine (Yellow 5), artificial sweeteners like Aspartame, and preservatives like Sodium Benzoate and BVO (all of which have been linked in scientific studies with a variety of serious health-related problems —including cancer.  See summary: Research Findings on the Dangers of Synthetic Food Chemicals) appears to be fizzing out.  Now if we can just get Big Food corporations to remove these synthetic chemicals from energy drinks and sports drinks…

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Soda Revenue Goes From Flat to Sour

Wall Street Journal


Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group have struggled to reverse the decline in soda consumption in the U.S., where shoppers increasingly reach for water, coffee, and other drinks.

Now they have a bigger worry: soda revenue.

As U.S. consumption steadily slipped over the past eight years, the beverage giants typically were able to raise prices enough to keep soda revenues from America’s favorite drink growing. But soda sales at U.S. stores declined in the second half of last year—including during the holidays, when party-goers normally pay up to gulp more.

Now industry analysts wonder if the downturn in sales is here to stay.

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. GENERAL INTEREST:  Big City Schools Go Healthy There is no discussion of whether the meals are still loaded with preservatives, dyes, additives, pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics and synthetic growth hormones, and the like, but at least they are finally moving in the right direction. . School menus in big cities go healthy LA Times School districts in L.A., New York, Chicago, Dallas, Miami and Orlando, Fla., plan to announce Thursday efforts to use their collective clout — 2.5 million daily meals served and $530 million annually spent — to make wholesome food a national standard… L.A. Unified has overhauled its menu with whole grains and fresh produce; New York offers a salad bar at every school; and Chicago has swapped cupcakes for fruit at school celebrations…the alliance members hope to move the market and eventually enlist other school districts in the crusade. Already, San Diego, Oakland and Houston have expressed interest… Each alliance member has been assigned to a specific project. New York, for example, is working on lowering prices for organic, free-range chicken. Chicago currently serves such meat but can only afford to do so once a month… In the last few years, [L.A. Unified Schools] the nation’s second-largest district has banned flavored milk and overhauled the menu — dropping such crowd favorites as nachos and chicken nuggets for dishes like whole-grain spaghetti. Some of the menu items have flopped — quinoa salad, vegetable curry and brown rice cutlets, for instance, have been axed. But others, such as vegetarian burritos, have proved popular… The new Urban School Food Alliance first met last summer in Denver and has since conferred regularly by teleconference to share and review menu items that use whole grain products, low-fat dairy, fresh produce and lean protein. To demonstrate their collective mission, alliance members plan to serve the same lunch at all six school districts in March. The menu: savory roasted chicken, brown rice with seasoned black or red beans, steamed broccoli, fresh seasonal fruit and milk. _______________ (Photo-superhealthykids.com)
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GENERAL INTEREST:  Big City Schools Go Healthy

There is no discussion of whether the meals are still loaded with preservatives, dyes, additives, pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics and synthetic growth hormones, and the like, but at least they are finally moving in the right direction.

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School menus in big cities go healthy

LA Times


School districts in L.A., New York, Chicago, Dallas, Miami and Orlando, Fla., plan to announce Thursday efforts to use their collective clout — 2.5 million daily meals served and $530 million annually spent — to make wholesome food a national standard…

L.A. Unified has overhauled its menu with whole grains and fresh produce; New York offers a salad bar at every school; and Chicago has swapped cupcakes for fruit at school celebrations…the alliance members hope to move the market and eventually enlist other school districts in the crusade. Already, San Diego, Oakland and Houston have expressed interest…

Each alliance member has been assigned to a specific project. New York, for example, is working on lowering prices for organic, free-range chicken. Chicago currently serves such meat but can only afford to do so once a month…

In the last few years, [L.A. Unified Schools] the nation’s second-largest district has banned flavored milk and overhauled the menu — dropping such crowd favorites as nachos and chicken nuggets for dishes like whole-grain spaghetti. Some of the menu items have flopped — quinoa salad, vegetable curry and brown rice cutlets, for instance, have been axed. But others, such as vegetarian burritos, have proved popular…

The new Urban School Food Alliance first met last summer in Denver and has since conferred regularly by teleconference to share and review menu items that use whole grain products, low-fat dairy, fresh produce and lean protein.

To demonstrate their collective mission, alliance members plan to serve the same lunch at all six school districts in March. The menu: savory roasted chicken, brown rice with seasoned black or red beans, steamed broccoli, fresh seasonal fruit and milk.

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Special Interest: 

New Community Market Coming to one of the Largest Food Deserts in the U.S.

(Why this is critical:  Consumers must have a place to realistically obtain fresh, whole foods if they are to avoid/minimize the dangerous, unhealthy additives, preservatives, fats and sugars in processed/packaged and junk foods.)

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A grocery store for the people planned for West Oakland food desert

A new plan will put a grocery store in one of the nation’s largest food deserts — and provide a unique investment opportunity for regular folks.

Learn more.

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People’s Community Market
www.peoplescommunitymarket.com

http://peoplescommunitymarket.blogspot.com/

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. FOOD CHEMICALS VIDEO (New!):  Chemical Emo Synthetic food chemicals can *really* mess with your head. Our latest.  (Under 2 minutes) Please check it out?  GO HERE:  Chemical Emo (or click the photo) … … … Chemical Emo . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDHNeYj3fk … … … chemicalfreelife.tumblr.com www.chemical-free-life.org .
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FOOD CHEMICALS VIDEO (New!):  Chemical Emo

Synthetic food chemicals can *really* mess with your head.


Our latest.  (Under 2 minutes) Please check it out? 

GO HERE: 

Chemical Emo


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