Tag: ingredient watch
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Dry Skin Secrets: Which Ingredients To Look Out For
When it comes to skincare, it’s important to invest in products that will cater to your specific skin type. However, it can often be hard to find the right product in an industry that never seems to stop releasing new products every second. In the case of dry skin, which is typically accompanied by uncomfortable…
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HFCS: What Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup?
Have you ever looked at a product’s marketing – low-carb, fat-free – and without checking the label, assumed that it’s healthy? Well, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) might give you a reason to double-check the ingredient list. If HFCS is listed, it might as well read “coated in sugar”. Why do manufacturers use this ingredient? It…
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Ingredient Watch: The Silicon Dioxide In Your Pizza
Silicon dioxide, or silica, is a common additive in the production of foods, where this ingredient is used primarily as a flow agent in powdered foods (to prevent the formation of lumps), or to absorb water in hygroscopic applications. Hygroscopy is the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules found in its…
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Ingredient Watch: MSG or Monosodium Glutamate
In order to make informed choices, it is important to know what your food contains. In this post, we shed light on a particular ingredient that can be found in many of the foods you may be consuming on a daily basis. Ingredient Name: MSG or monosodium glutamate What is it made of? Excitotoxin Where…
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Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO): Ingredient Watch
What is brominated vegetable oil (BVO)? Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is a complex mixture of plant-derived triglycerides (the main constituent of an human, animal and plant fat) that contain atoms of the element bromine bonded to the molecules. It is derived from soybean or corn, and is primarily used to help to emulsify citrus- flavored…