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What's In Your Food (pt.2) - Natural Flavors
Natural Flavors flavorant Found in all your favorite flavored products. This is the most common type of flavorant, even in teas, ketchup, juices, ANYTHING! How “Natural” are we talking? Turns out not very natural at all. FDA Definition: ““...the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food...
What's In Your Food? (pt.1) - Citric Acid
Citric Acidacidifier · chelating agent · flavorant Found in many beverages and packaged foods. Normal people would assume your Citric Acid comes from a citrus fruit. They would be wrong... 1893 - Chemist Carl Wehmer discovers Penicillium mold can produce citric acid from sugar.1917 - Chemist James Currie discovers strains of the mold Aspergillus niger can be efficient citric acid producers. Yep, your Citric Acid comes from BLACK MOLD fed sugar. The source of sugar is corn steep liquor, molasses, or inexpensive sugary solutions. Should I be worried? Although Citric Acid is Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the Food and...