FOOD ADDITIVES GUIDE

Food additives are ingredients added to substances such as foods, cosmetics, packaging materials etc. for the purpose of altering its characteristics which can be used for stability, flavour, cost, performance, etc..

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Use this research presented here on these pages to select your foods and I recommend that you copy these pages within or e-mail them to people you know, to increase the consciousness of consumers and friends. (We allow you to copy and print out these pages as long as you acknowledge the source.)

If it is in red, it is not recommended to consume the product containing this additive.
OK, some may be out of date due to the ongoing changes forced by the 'big chemical' and 'big food' companies on Governments to get there way in the "big experiment".  It was correct at the time of loading onto the web.

Azo dyes can cause hives/ant rashes, plus they are thought to cause bladder cancer.  And as a result of this, the American government has banned the handling of 70 azo dyes as being cancer causing.  They are thought to be absorbed through the skin in hair care products, and people with a sensitivity to permanent hair dyes that contain p-phenylene diamine may also have a sensitivity to azo dyes.  Unfortunately, healthy, natural colours cost more and the greed to make more money wins over common sense.

What happened to days when a skull and crossbones was recognised by everyone (even small children) that a product was a poison?

Look and ask before you eat.  Once a great delicacy here in Australia, the humble meat pie, pasties and sausages now contain MSG (monosodium glutamate (621)) and less meat.   Every dose of MSG (a neurotoxin) destroys brain neurons that carry messages in both children and adults.  MSG is not required by the body as it makes what it needs.  All of the flavour enhancers are neurotoxins (code 620 to 625).  MSG is not permitted in baby foods, but why is it there?

People who react to MSG typically react similarly to Aspartame and visa versa when it exceeds their tolerance.  Glutamic acid (the reactive component of MSG and 40 other food ingredients with names that provide no clue to its presence) and aspartic acid (approx. 40% of aspartame) load on the receptors of the brain, causing identical brain lesions and neuroendocrine disorders, and act in an addictive fashion.

In the U.S. and Australia, toothpaste tube boxes (which get thrown in the recycle bin) have warnings about the potentially harmful contents, but not on the tube itself!  Why bother?  Have you checked to see how many toothpastes in Australia have propylene glycol (1520), which is also used in other products such as cough medicines for children, cosmetics, radiator coolant, etc.

Wayne Stevenson of the US FDA Cosmetics Registration Section says that "The cosmetic manufacturers aren't required to submit safety data to the FDA, so we don't really know what sorts of tests they run.; When they run tests, they keep the results in their own files." ("Smelling Good But Feeling Bad", Franz et al, E Magazine Vol. 11, no 1, Jan-Feb 2000). The US FDA must prove in a court of law that a product may be injurious... before the product can be recalled.; The FDA admits they don't have the budget to win in court against the giant cosmetic companies. I suppose that it is the same in Australia and other countries around the world.

I do recommend to contact your local Member of Parliament - Federal and State - to raise the issues of chemical companies and product manufacturers making us all sick unwillingly.