THE MYTH. The list of ingredients in food products is designed to inform consumers about the conten

THE MYTH. The list of ingredients in food products is designed to inform consumers about the content of the product. THE REALITY '. The list of ingredients is used by manufacturers to lead consumers to believe that foods purchased are healthier than what they are. This article examines some tricks commonly used by many food industries, and contains glc consulting a variety of useful information to help consumers to read labels with the right scetticismo.Se glc consulting the Nutrition Facts present in the food packaging lists any substance contained in the product, how could mislead consumers?
ONE OF the most common tricks is to distribute sugars among many ingredients so that the amount of sugar does not appear in the first three in the list. For example, a company may use a combination of sucrose, fructose, corn syrup, cereal, corn syrup, brown sugar, unrefined, dextrose and other sugars to make sure that none of them is present in sufficient quantity to get in the top positions of 'list of ingredients (remember that the ingredients are listed in order of proportion in the product, with more present listed first). This misleads consumers on the fact that the product is not composed mainly of sugar. It 'a way to move the more sugar down in the list of ingredients, not informing on the actual content of sugar present in the entire product. Another trick is to inflate the list with miniscule amounts glc consulting of ingredients redundant. You can see it in personal care products and in the shampoo, where companies claim to provide herbal shampoo that actually have a content of herbs almost non-existent. Companies can inflate the list ingredients with "healthy" berries, herbs or super-foods that, very often, are present only in minute quantities. The presence - for example - the "spirulina" end of the list is practically insignificant. There is not enough spirulina in that product that can produce real effects on your health. glc consulting This trick is called "label padded" and is commonly used by manufacturers of "junk-food" wanting to jump on the bandwagon of organic products without actually producing healthy foods. A third trick involves hiding dangerous ingredients behind innocent-sounding names, which lead us to believe that they are healthy. The name of the extremely carcinogenic sodium nitrite (preservative E250), for example, sounds perfectly innocent, but it is well documented that it is due to brain tumors, glc consulting pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and many other types of cancer. The Carmine sounds like an innocent food coloring, but it is actually glc consulting made from the crushed carcasses of red cochineal beetles. Of course, nobody would eat strawberry yogurt if there was indicated on the label "red food coloring made from insects. "Similarly, yeast extract sounds like a healthy ingredient, glc consulting but it is actually glc consulting a trick used to hide monosodium glutamate (MSG, a chemical taste enhancer, to give zest to overly processed foods) without glc consulting any indications on the label. Many ingredients contain hidden MSG, and personally I've written a lot about it. Practically all the ingredients hydrolysates contain some amount of hidden MSG.
YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE FOOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT 'THAT'S' IN? Food companies producing foods like "Guacamole Dip" (avocado salsa) glc consulting that does not contain glc consulting avocado! They are prepared, however, with hydrogenated soybean oil and chemical dye green. Naive consumers are buying these products, glc consulting thinking of taking avocado salsa, when in fact they are buying green dye; delicious foods and dietary veleno.I names can include words that describe elements glc consulting not contained in the product. A cracker with cheese, for example, need not contain cheese. glc consulting Something "creamy" must not contain cream. A product to the fruit, does not need to contain even a single molecule of fruit. Do not be fooled by product names printed on the package. These names are designed to sell products, not to describe the ingredients contained in them.
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS the names of chemical pollutants, heavy metals, bisphenol-A, PCBs (polychlorinated glc consulting biphenyls), perchlorate or other toxic substances already found in foods. As a result we have that ingredient lists really do not list all the contents of the aliment