Tag: artificial colors

Red Velvet Fake

Red Velvet Fake

[ 2 ] September 28, 2011 |

The DyeDiet goal is not to scare you, people. The goal is to inform you about the truth behind commercial statements designed to trick you into buying the products of poor nutritional value. Sometimes truth may look scary but we have to face it in order to make right decisions. Please keep in mind that […]

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Back To School artificial colors

Back To School artificial colors

[ 0 ] August 15, 2011 |

If you ask owner or baker of a small local bakery how many ingredients are in their cookies they will name something like 5 or 6 or maybe 7. According to the Wikipedia  cookies contain fat, flour, eggs and sugar. Add some salt, chocolate chips, almonds or raisins and you will get all kind of nutrients your […]

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Artificially colored Jordan Almonds

Artificially colored Jordan Almonds

[ 3 ] August 4, 2011 |

You may think that almonds are equal to healthy food. Well, not always so. Here is Sugar Free Jordan Almonds candy from the Sprouts Farmers Market: net weight 0.51 lb, $ 4.58. They look great: round, colorful and bright. But this is EXACTLY what should be a warning sign for everyone, parents in particular. Artificial colors bring […]

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Tic Tac: more artificial colors

Tic Tac: more artificial colors

[ 0 ] July 24, 2011 |

Tic Tac Fruit Adventure is artificially flavored mints; net weight 1 OZ, (29 g) containing 1.9 calories from sugar per mint. Made in Canada for exclusive distribution by Ferrero USA Inc. DyeDiet Diesn’t Buy It! Tic Tac mints: Risk, Nutrition and Dye Content  Unlike recently reviewed Tic Tac Orange this time TWO more nutritional ingredients […]

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Jolly Rancher: another fake fruit candy

Jolly Rancher: another fake fruit candy

[ 10 ] July 20, 2011 |

Jolly Rancher hard candy is artificially flavored SUGAR manufactured in Canada for the Hershey Food Corporation. It took the manufacturer even lesser to formulate this candy than what it took Zachary Confection to make their fake “cherry” slices. This time they were able to get away without food starch. One nutrient less! What they have left to Americans were only […]

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Pickles: artificial color content

Pickles: artificial color content

[ 3 ] July 13, 2011 |

Mt. Olive Pickle Company’s Sandwich Stuffers; Kosher Dill. Let’s see what is inside. There is no dill weed added to these yellow pickles. No dill – No deal! See below why. DyeDiet DOESN’T BUY IT! Based on the ingredients list (see the DyeDiet “Dyegram” above) anti-nutritional risk of DDFI = 20/3 ~ 6.7 (very high!) comes […]

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