Category: Candy and snacks

Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

[ 0 ] March 28, 2012 |

Swedish Fish is a soft & chewy fish-shaped candy made in Canada. The fish is originated from in Sweden where it is generally much paler in color and more translucent. The taste also differs slightly, the Swedish version being less sweet but more fruit-flavored, especially the yellow one. Why, why so many American versions of […]

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CVS cough drops with Red 40

CVS cough drops with Red 40

[ 1 ] March 25, 2012 |

In America, Red 40 is the most-widely used dye, which is capable of inducing immune-system tumors in laboratory animals. The dye causes allergic reactions in a small number of consumers and may trigger hyperactivity in children. CSPI warns that considering the safety questions Red 40 should be excluded from foods unless and until new tests […]

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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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Aspartame or Sugar: You Decide

Aspartame or Sugar: You Decide

[ 1 ] March 3, 2012 |

Quick fix syndrome. Americans, like people in other developed countries, commonly tend to overeat and then get obese and sick miserably (see America’s Health Rankings). What is even worse is that instead of quickly to cut our meals and start exercising we are looking for an easy solution, like “magic pill” or some effortless dodge […]

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Lollipop Bouquet of Harm

Lollipop Bouquet of Harm

[ 0 ] January 28, 2012 |

Food that hates you. Can food kill a healthy person, what do you think? Looks like, yes, food can kill you for a number of reasons. Overeating is one of them: Even healthiest food may bring you damage when overly consumed. The other one is continuous eating of an unhealthy food: A chronic intoxication may […]

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Milk and Granola Bars: No bad chemicals

Milk and Granola Bars: No bad chemicals

[ 0 ] January 25, 2012 |

Here is another good sign of the right trends in big food industry: Milk & Granola bars oatmeal raisin manufactured by Kraft Foods with no artificial food colorants, questionable preservatives or emulsifiers. DyeDiet RECOMMENDED Accordingly, there is no risk from chemicals hostile to human body (no red segments in the diagram), DDFI = 0/52 = 0 […]

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CVS Fruit Slices: One more fruit fraud

CVS Fruit Slices: One more fruit fraud

[ 0 ] January 14, 2012 |

In this upside down world, where we have so much what I call the “fruit fraud” everywhere, when food manufacturers produce something real, they have to explain this by saying something like: “We have made our product with a real fruit, please believe us this time!” Why so? Because otherwise the product will be perceived […]

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Artificial Colors of Candy Canes

Artificial Colors of Candy Canes

[ 0 ] December 20, 2011 |

Christmas should be the time when everyone makes another effort towards truth, peace and moral cleanliness. Not so for the candy makers. Those keep thinking more about how much they will profit from deceiving you and your kids. Made in Mexico, Life Savers Candy Canes look more like “Life Wasters” to me. While the container […]

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Mayfair Cane with motor oil

Mayfair Cane with motor oil

[ 1 ] December 10, 2011 |

Original candy cane was simply a stick of pure white sugar. Unfortunately, modern candies are “improved” by deceptive artificial colorants, flavors and other non-nutritious additives. Therefore while the Holiday Season, you and your children have higher chances to be exposed to those problematic food additives. Please read a fresh article about what I call the […]

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