Tag: food additives

How Much Food Dyes Are in the sodas?

How Much Food Dyes Are in the sodas?

[ 3 ] May 16, 2011 |

Fanta, Mello Yello and Big Blue Perhaps they expect you to pick up Fanta or Mello Yello of the Coca-Cola Company or Big Blue of the Big Red, Inc., from a beverage cooler when you are checking out at a local Walmart store. Your attention may be attracted by the eye-catching ”100% natural flavors” and […]

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How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

[ 12 ] May 13, 2011 |

Honestly, I do not understand why so many Americans keep buying soft drinks like Gatorade and Powerade which look so obviously unhealthy liquids to me. One explanation is that they do not read the ingredient lists or perhaps do not understand what some ingredients can do to their bodies. On the other hand, this is […]

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How Much Food Dyes Are in M & M’s?

How Much Food Dyes Are in M & M’s?

[ 3 ] May 8, 2011 |

What is inside the candy shell? “Dark Chocolate Inside A Colorful Candy Shell” is what you read on every M & M’s container. Very good, but many customers would like to know what is inside the candy shell too! Here is what and how the DyeDiet has discovered. The candies were separated by colors, weighted […]

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Natural vs Artificial

Natural vs Artificial

[ 2 ] May 5, 2011 |

We often see the words like  “all natural”, “100% natural”, natural color”, “natural flavor”, “natural ingredients” and “natural anti-oxidants” as the indications of healthy foods. The opposite is true when we read something like “artificial flavor”, “artificial food coloring”, “synthetic chemical” which we always see in a negative sense as the signs of an unhealthy […]

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How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

[ 10 ] May 1, 2011 |

Gatorade, distributed by The Gatorade Co., is a popular sport beverage which comes in a variety of flavors like Glacier Freeze, Blueberry Pomegranate, Lemon-Lime, Tropical Blend, Orange and Tropical Mango considered below. However, their composition is almost all the same (G2 series reviewed): Water Sucrose Citric acid Flavor Salt Sodium citrate Mono-potassium phosphate Sucralose (The […]

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More Easter Candies

More Easter Candies

[ 0 ] April 23, 2011 |

Would Jesus enjoy eating the food dyes? While Easter is coming closer I keep watching people wiping out egg-shaped candies from Wal-Mart aisles. This has pushed me to write an emergent article explaining to the US public what they actually get inside the funny containers. Fruit Punch Flip-Flop Lollipop, DDRS ~ 73 What this made in […]

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Easter candy

Easter candy

[ 9 ] April 22, 2011 |

Easter basket of the food dyes Easter is coming and we are expected to be inspired into buying by reading something like this: ”…It’s hard to imagine Easter without marshmallow treats, bunny-shaped sweets and cream-filled eggs. Did you know the holiday is the second-biggest time of year for candy sales?” – MSN Oh, yeah… Candy sales […]

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Food Toxicity and Moderation

Food Toxicity and Moderation

[ 5 ] April 17, 2011 |

“Healthy food,” “healthy diet,” “healthy lifestyle”… Perhaps you hear these words everywhere. But what healthy food really is? What is healthy for one may not be healthy for another person. The DyeDiet approach (see Food Definition  and DyeDiet Food Risk and Nutrition Explained) is built on the fact that any living species, human included, need nutrition to support their lives. This […]

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Potato chips

Potato chips

[ 6 ] April 14, 2011 |

Ruffles, Pringles and Terra chips: Risk and Nutrition Chips belong to a snack food category which is often considered as a junk food because of generally low nutritional value. Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream Health Risk Score, DDRS ~ 94 Health risks of this Frito-Lay, Inc. product come from 5 foreign additives (red segments, 36), […]

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Energy drinks

Energy drinks

[ 3 ] April 11, 2011 |

Do we need energy squeeze? According to Wikipedia, 65% of energy beverage drinkers are between 13 and 35 years old. And according to Fit & Health 90% of Americans consume caffeine every day: “The half-life of caffeine in your body is about six hours. That means that if you consume a big cup of coffee […]

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