79 unnatural ingredients that you have to get 86ed
Everybody in the USA knows the name of Whole Foods Market - they're passionate about great-tasting food in its purest state.
Their quality standards for food prohibit hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or preservatives it is the benchmark for products to be considered “natural".
We'd like to provide You the list that contains ingredients that WFM finds unacceptable in food products, as posted on their website.
Do You use a preservative to keep your hand-made chocolate shelf-stable and long-term?
Or use some colors in your organic candies and jello?
Are you sure they are "natural"?
Just try to find any questionable items in your ingredients, if they would appear - You should think twice to call that recipe or product natural...
A
- acesulfame-K (acesulfame potassium)
- acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
- ammonium chloride
- artificial colors
- artificial flavors
- aspartame
- azodicarbonamide
B
- benzoates in food
- benzoyl peroxide
- BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
- BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
- bleached flour
- bromated flour
- brominated vegetable oil (BVO)
C
- calcium bromate
- calcium disodium EDTA
- calcium peroxide
- calcium propionate
- calcium saccharin
- calcium sorbate
- calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
- caprocaprylobehenin
- carmine
- certified colors
- cyclamates
- cysteine (l-cysteine), as an additive for bread products
D
- DATEM (Diacetyl tartaric and fatty acid esters of mono and diglycerides)
- dimethylpolysiloxane
- dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)
- disodium calcium EDTA
- disodium dihydrogen EDTA
- disodium guanylate
- disodium inosinate
E
- EDTA
- ethyl vanillin
- ethylene oxide
- ethoxyquin
F
- FD & C colors
- foie gras
G
- GMP (disodium guanylate)
H
- hexa-, hepta- and octa-esters of sucrose
- high fructose corn syrup
- hydrogenated fats
I
- IMP (disodium inosinate)
- irradiated foods
L
- lactylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
- lead soldered cans
M
- methyl silicon
- methylparaben
- microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute
- monosodium glutamate (MSG)
N
- natamycin
- nitrates/nitrites
P
- partially hydrogenated oil
- polydextrose
- potassium benzoate
- potassium bromate
- potassium sorbate
- propionates
- propyl gallate
- propylparaben
S
- saccharin
- sodium aluminum sulfate
- sodium benzoate
- sodium bisulfite
- sodium diacetate
- sodium glutamate
- sodium nitrate/nitrite
- sodium propionate
- sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
- solvent extracted oils, as standalone single-ingredient oils (except grapeseed oil)
- sorbic acid
- sucralose
- sucroglycerides
- sucrose polyester
- sulfites (except in wines, meads and ciders)
T
- TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
- tetrasodium EDTA
V
- vanillin
