Ingredient Listings on Manufactured Foods was, Reminder: Honeyville Discount Ends in 24 Hours

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At 12:01 PM 4/15/2009, you wrote:

I don't think that is correct.

From what I read, ingredients must be listed in order of %, except those

ingredients < 2% don't need to be listed in order. But they do have to

be listed.

No, they don't. They call it a " manufacturing aid, " which is

not the same thing as an " ingredient. "

You are correct that ingredients must be listed in order of amount, but

manufacturers will try any trick they can to make things easier for

them... which endangers our quality food supply.

For instance, in the early days of SCD, I was hunting for things like a

legal dried tomato powder, because I figured it would be so much easier

to make sauces and things if i could find that. Elaine said I wouldn't,

but I was determined.

I found one company who assured me, over, and over, that their product

was 100% pure tomatoes.

I kept digging around and they finally admitted that in order to powder

it, they used a " food grade matrix. "

What, I asked, was this " food grade matrix " ?

They finally answered, " Maltodextrin. "

I pointed out that maltodextrin was one of the items I told them I

absolutely could not have, and the response was, " Oh, but it's just

a manufacturing aide... there isn't enough of it to be a problem for

anyone.... "

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Marilyn

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