Saturday, May 18, 2013

What's so special about "Special K"?


Can you find the GMO ingredients?
Can you find Harmful Non-GMO ingredients?
Chemicals?






Alternatives: 

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Here is a table to help you out:

TABLE OF DANGEROUS FOOD ADDITIVES

Additive Number
Name of Food AdditiveADHDAsthmaCancer
FD&C Yellow No. 5
102 & E102
Tartrazine (food color)✓✓✓
104 & E104Quinoline Yellow (food color)✓✓✓
107 & E107Yellow 2G (food color)✓✓✓
FD&C Yellow No. 6
110 & E110
Sunset Yellow (Yellow food color #6)✓✓✓
120 & E120Carmines, Cochineal (food color)✓✓-
122 & E122Azorubine, Carmoisine (food color)✓✓✓
123 & E123Amaranth (Red food color #2)✓✓✓
124 & E124Ponceau, Brilliant Scarlet (food color)✓✓✓
FD&C Red No. 3
127 & E127
Erythrosine (Red food color #2)✓✓✓
E128Red 2G (Red food color)✓✓✓
FD&C Red No. 40
129 & E129
Allura Red AC (food color)✓✓✓
E131Patent Blue (food color)✓✓✓
FD&C Blue No. 2
132 & E132
Indigotine, Indigo Carmine (food color)✓✓✓
FD&C Blue No. 1
133 & E133
Brilliant Blue (food color)✓✓✓
142 & E142Acid Brilliant Green, Green S, Food Green (food color)✓✓-
143Fast Green (food color)-✓-
150 & E150Caramel (food color)✓--
151 & E151Activated Vegetable Carbons, Brilliant Black (food color)✓✓✓
154Food Brown, Kipper Brown, Brown FK (food color)✓✓✓
155 & E155Chocolate Brown HT, Brown HT (food color)✓✓✓
160b & E160bBixin, Norbixin, Annatto Extracts (yellow, red to brown natural colors)✓✓-
E171Titanium Dioxide, TiO2 (to give foods an opaque color)
more on Titanium Dioxide in comments below ↴
???
E173Aluminium (preservatives)--✓
E180Latol Rubine, Pigment Rubine (preservatives)✓✓✓
200 &
E200-203
Potassium & Calcium Sorbates ,Sorbic Acid (preservatives)✓✓-
210 & E210Benzoic Acid (preservatives)✓✓-
211 & E211Sodium Benzoate (preservatives)✓✓✓
212 & E212Potassium Benzoate (preservatives)-✓-
213 & E213Calcium Benzoate (preservatives)-✓-
E214Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives)-✓-
E215Sodium Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives)-✓-
216 & E216Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate, Propylparaben (preservatives)-✓-
E217Sodium Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives)-✓-
220 & E220Sulphur Dioxide also Sulfur dioxide (preservatives)✓✓-
221 & E221Sodium Sulfite or Sodium Sulphite (preservatives)-✓-
222Sodium Bisulfite or Sodium Bisulphite (preservatives)-✓-
223 & E223Sodium Metabisulfite or Sodium Metabisulphite (preservatives)-✓-
224 & E224Potassium Metabisulphite or Potassium Metabisulfite (preservatives)-✓-
225 & E225Potassium Sulfite or Potassium Sulphite (preservatives)-✓-
E226Calcium Sulfite or Calcium Sulphite (preservatives)-✓-
E227Calcium Hydrogen Sulphite or Calcium Hydrogen Sulfite (preservatives)-✓-
E228Potassium Bisulfite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulfite or Potassium Bisulphite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulphite (preservatives)✓✓-
E230Diphenyl, Biphenyl (preservatives)--✓
E231Orthophenyl Phenol (preservatives)--✓
E236Formic Acid (preservative)--✓
E239Hexamine, Hexamethylene Tetramine (preservatives)--✓
249 & E249Potassium Nitrate (preservative)-✓✓
250 & E250Sodium Nitrite (preservative)✓✓✓
251 & E251Sodium Nitrate (preservative)✓-✓
252 & E252Potassium Nitrate (preservative)✓-✓
260 & E260Acetic Acid, Glacial (preservatives)-✓-
280 to 283Calcium or Potassium or Sodium Propionates, Propionic Acid (preservatives)✓✓-
310 & E310Propyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant)-✓✓
311 & E311Octyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant)-✓-
312 & E312Dodecyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant)-✓-
319 & E319TBHQ, Tert Butylhydroquinone (Synthetic Antioxidants)✓✓-
320 & E320Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) (Synthetic Antioxidants)✓✓✓
321 & E321Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) or Butylhydroxytoluene (Synthetic Antioxidants)✓✓✓
330 & E330Citric Acid (NOT DANGEROUS if naturally occurring e330 & 330 citric acid additive – but other can contain sulfites and mold.)---
407 & E407Carrageenan (Thickening & Stabilizing Agent)-✓✓
413 & E413Tragacanth (thickener & Emulsifier)-✓-
414 & E414Acacia Gum (Food Stabilizer)-✓-
416Karaya Gum (Laxative, Food Thickener & Emulsifier)-✓-
421 & E421Mannitol (Artificial Sweetener)✓--
430Polyxyethylene Stearate (Emulsifier)--✓
431Polyxyl Stearate (Emulsifier)--✓
E432 – E435Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate (Emulsifiers Gelling Stabilisers Thickeners Agents)--✓
433 – 436Polysorbate (Emulsifiers)--✓
441 & E441Gelatine (Food Gelling Agent)-✓-
466Sodium CarboxyMethyl Cellulose--✓
507 & E507Hydrochloric Acid (Hydrolyzing Enhancer & Gelatin Production)--✓
518 & E518Magnesium Sulphate (Tofu Coagulant)--✓
536 & E536Potassium Ferrocyanide (Anti Caking Agent)-✓-
553 & E553 & E553bTalc (Anti Caking, Filling, Softener, Agent)--✓
620 – 625MSG Monosodium Glutamate, Glutamic Acid, all Glutamates (Flavour Enhancers)✓✓✓
627 & E627Disodium Guanylate (Flavour Enhancers)✓✓-
631 & E631Disodium Inosinate 5 (Flavour Enhancers)-✓-
635 & E635Disodium Ribonucleotides 5 (Flavour Enhancers)-✓-
903 & E903Camauba Wax (used in Chewing Gums, Coating and Glazing Agents)--✓
905 & 905 a,b,cParaffin and Vaseline, White Mineral Oil (Solvents, Coating and Glazing, Anti Foaming Agents, Lubricant in Chewing Gums)--✓
924 & E924Potassium Bromate (Agent used in Bleaching Flour)--✓
925 & E925Chlorine (Agent used in Bleaching Flour, Bread Enhancer and Stabiliser)--✓
926Chlorine Dioxide (Bleaching Flour and Preservative Agent)--✓
928 & E928Benzoyl Peroxide (Bleaching Flour and Bread enhancer Agent)-✓-
950 & E950Potassium Acesulphame (Sweetener)--✓
951Aspartame (Sweetener)✓✓-
952 & E952Cyclamate and Cyclamic Acid (Sweeteners)--✓
954 & E954Saccharine (Sweetener)--✓
1202 & E1202Insoluble Polyvinylpyrrolidone Insoluble (Stabiliser and Clarifying Agent added to Wine, Beer, Pharmaceuticals)--✓
1403Bleached Starch (Thickener and Stabiliser)-✓-

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