FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not reveals what food manufacturers don't want you to know about their products. It shows you how to find the truth behind deceptive food packaging. You will learn how to confidently read labels so that you will know how healthy a food really is and if it contains dangerous ingredients.
This book classifies over 1000 commonly used food additives according to safety, whether they may cause allergic reactions, and if they are Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the FDA. In just seconds, the average person can determine if the food they're buying contains dangerous substances. The book is clear, concise and easy to use.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Keep with you for every grocery trip:
I love this book. I kept it w/ me for every grocery where I needed to purchase processed foods. It's pretty easy to read and always comes in handy. I let a friend borrow my copy and I haven't gotten it back so I'm probably going to buy this again.
Decent resource especially for price:
This is a convenient resource to use while shopping, and generally has listed most ingredients that I have referenced. So far, I came across one ingredient (listed in Shop Rite fresh bread) that was not listed (mononitrate, and I just used the listing for "nitrates".
Excellent handbook resource:
This is a practical handbook for the layperson and as well, the health professional to use while shopping and teaching others factual data of what is in the food items they are purchasing. This book has a simple approach and easy to carry size making it a good choice. The alert to the label designation of genetically modified '8' on fresh produce is a valuable community service. Thank you Christine for the tip on 'salted fish' being a carcinogen. This is entirely true! The fish lie is exposed in my ebook... more info
Very helpful:
I find this very handy for checking out food labels and the small size makes it easy to carry.
