Category: Fruit snacks

Planters: Chemical secrets of the peanut mix

Planters: Chemical secrets of the peanut mix

[ 0 ] February 2, 2014 |

Everybody knows Planters, an American snack food offered to you by Kraft Foods. As many other seemingly healthy products, this one has its own chemical ingredients that have no place in your healthy diet. I personally have no reason to trust the one-eyed mascot – Mr. Peanut and Kraft Foods altogether. Instead, I do read […]

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Does snacking with Jell-O worth the risks?

Does snacking with Jell-O worth the risks?

[ 3 ] July 21, 2013 |

Quick answer is NO. Perhaps original Jell-O gelatin desserts of nineteen century were made with natural strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon flavors. Today Jell-O gelatin snacks (of Kraft Foods) both sugar-sweetened and low calorie versions are one of the most outrageous fruity food hoaxes sold in the US and Canada. The snacks which pretend to […]

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End Food Dyes in America: Support and Sign Kellogg’s Petition

End Food Dyes in America: Support and Sign Kellogg’s Petition

[ 6 ] May 14, 2013 |

This is a reprint of an important article by Dr. Alan Greene calling for signing the petition asking Kellogg’s to eliminate artificial food dyes from fruit snacks intended for American children. Indeed, for instance, Kellogg’s Fruit Loops contain four artificial colorants and BHT preservative. Dr. Alan Greene is the Founder of DrGreene.com, the KidsGlyphs iPhone […]

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How much artificial dyes are in dried mango?

How much artificial dyes are in dried mango?

[ 4 ] April 17, 2013 |

Mango is a sweet nutritious tropical and subtropical fruit. According to the Wikipedia, mango contains a variety of phytochemicals. The fruit pulp is high in prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamin C, diverse polyphenols, provitamin A carotenoids and omega-3 and -6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Two dozens of different carotenoids were isolated from mango pulp, the most abundant […]

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Why let Jell-O terrorize your health?

Why let Jell-O terrorize your health?

[ 3 ] November 10, 2012 |

I wonder what’s on minds of those who buy Jell-O “snacks.” Do they believe they buy food? What do they think when they treat their poor children to this animal gelatin contaminated with a variety of chemicals? Do they think this is a healthy low calorie strawberry snack? Terrorist attacks kill people instantaneously; food surrogates […]

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belVita Biscuits: Worth trying!

belVita Biscuits: Worth trying!

[ 2 ] March 10, 2012 |

Last November Kraft Foods announced its intentions to introduce belVita in the USA, which was sold in Europe for the last decade (what took them so long to bring a healthy product to America?) marked the food company’s re-entrance into grain-based breakfasts. When I first spotted belVita Blueberry on Walmart shelves, I pulled out my […]

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Strawberry Glaze to mess up fresh fruit

Strawberry Glaze to mess up fresh fruit

[ 0 ] March 7, 2012 |

Strawberry is beautiful and healthy fruit. You may want to add some glaze to it, I can understand that. But what I do not understand is why the glaze should necessary be dyed with a dangerous azo compound, Red 40, which I have detected in Sweet Lava Strawberry Glaze (of Walmart) in the amount of […]

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ZFruit Rope: Your fruit twists

ZFruit Rope: Your fruit twists

[ 0 ] December 3, 2011 |

So many fruit snacks designed for children have little or no fruits. Starches, gums and artificial colorants are added instead to mimic fruits and berries that you can see only depicted on the labels. Recently reviewed Fruit Gushers  of General Mills Sales, Inc., is an example of such a kind.  But we have good news! […]

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Fruit Gushers: The fruit fraud continues

Fruit Gushers: The fruit fraud continues

[ 6 ] October 29, 2011 |

Stated value I feel sorry for the General Mills Sales, Inc., (Minneapolis, USA) who worked so hard trying to market their nasty “fruit fraud” product to our children. Here it is, Fruit Gushers – Mood MorphersTM (Yes… See the CSPI‘s document: Diet, ADHD and Behavior). The label screams: New! The Tongue Tells It All! FRUIT […]

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Fruit snacks

Fruit snacks

[ 0 ] August 26, 2011 |

Here is Annie’s homegrown organic Bunny Fruit Snacks: Summer Strawberry. Multiply eye-catching claims on the box are designed to assure you that the fruit snack is of highest nutritional quality: All natural strawberry flavors No icky additives or pesky preservatives Made with real fruit juice No artificial colors USDA organic Yes, this all is true. […]

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