What are all those chemical additives in the list of food ingredients?
Top 15 Chemical Additives in Your Food 1/15/2010 in Grocery Shopping | Add a comment Photo by nsaplayer We don’t just want our food to taste good these days: It also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the shelf. The longer manufacturers use these additives, the more we learn about their impacts. While some additives are harmless, others cause everything from hives and asthma to nausea and headaches in some people. Some experts recommend avoiding foods listing more than five or six ingredients or ingredients of longer than three syllables and purchasing foods that contain such natural additives as fruits and vegetables. Our list of the top 15 chemical additives and their possible side effects will help decipher ingredient lists at your supermarket. 1-methylcyclopropene This gas is pumped into crates of apples to stop them from producing ethylene, the natural hormone
