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Caramel Colored Cancer
March 29, 2012 | Author admin
California Rules
Coca Cola & Pepsi recently announced that they will be changing their soda recipe to avoid having to use a cancer warning label in California, after the State of California added 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MEI) to their list of known cancer causing compounds. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hazardous Chemicals, The Truch About... | 
Tags: ammonia, cancer, cancer causing agent, cancer warning label, caramel color, Caramel Coloring, chemicals used in food, FDA, hazardous foods, soda, soda recipe, State of California, sulfites | 
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Too Many Olive Oils, So LIttle Time
March 21, 2012 | Author admin
Pressed for Information
I’m like the guy in the Carl’s Jr. commercial that’s staring dumbfounded at the never-ending row of uncooked meat at the butcher counter except that I’m staring at the 100 bottles of olive oil trying to guess what might be good. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Labeling Trickery, The Truch About... | Tags: extra virgin olive oil, olive oil, refined olive oil, virgin olive oil | Comments Closed
A Quaker Oats Breakfast: The More Convenient, the Worse the Consequences
January 26, 2012 | Author admin
I thought it would be interesting to see how a food packaged as “on the go” would compare with its traditional more-work-to-prepare counterpart. So when I saw these Quaker Oats cereal options I thought this would be the perfect example. And it was. They had a similar flavor focused around “brown sugar”. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Oz and the Wonderful World of Arsenic
January 4, 2012 | Author admin
The Controversy
Last Fall Dr. Oz sparked some controversy when he talked about the levels of arsenic in apple juice. The FDA and some other experts claimed that he didn’t do the right tests and that the apple juice didn’t exceed allowable amounts of arsenic. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hazardous Chemicals, The Truch About... | Tags: apple juice, arsenic, Consumer Reports, Dr. Oz, food from China, grape juice, lead | 2 Comments »
Listeria Hysteria? Should We Worry?
November 8, 2011 | Author admin
Rotten Fruit
I’m not a big fruit eater. I don’t have anything particular against fruit, it’s just that I’m lazy. So the fruit I eat is usually the easiest possible thing to excavate like bananas, strawberries and maybe grapes. If I have to peel it, cut it or store it for later, Read the rest of this entry »
