Manufactured Food

Food Summaries

Here are my thoughts regarding manufactured Chicken Salad. Only 95 ingredients. One hundred years ago, chicken salad used to have 5 ingredients - chicken, celery, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. People had far fewer physical ailments back then. Is there a connection?

Note

mayonnaise

The MAIN ingredient - Why is it called Chicken Salad? It should be called "Mayonnaise Salad" (1)

1

soybean oil
water
egg yolk
vinegar
corn syrup
salt
spice
calcium disodium edta

fat
ok
cholesterol
ok
sugar (1)
salt (1)
unspecified (1)
preservative (1)

1-3

celery

Good!

3

sour dressing

Top 3 ingredients - dressing, celery, more dressing

3

nonfat milk
partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
modified food starch
tapioca flour
gelatin
lactic acid
mono and diglycerides
sodium caseinate
propylene glycol monoester
guar gum
citric acid
acetic acid
natural and artificial flavor
potassium sorbate
artificial color

ok
trans fats
MSG by another name (1)
thickener
ok
ok
more sugar (2)
milk byproduct - autism
artificial flavor solvent pesticide.
gum (1)
ok
acid
unspecified flavors (1, 2)
preservative (2)
unspecified color (1)

4-11

onion

Good!

11

pickle relish

chemical concoction

11

cured cucumbers
high fructose corn syrup
vinegar
salt
xanthan gum
modified tapioca starch
sodium benzoate
celery seed
mustard seed
alum
dehydrated red bell peppers
spices
natural flavor
turmeric
dehydrated onion
blue 1
polysorbate 80
calcium chloride

ok
more sugar (3)
ok
more salt (2)
more gum (2)
thickener
preservative (3)
ok
ok
aluminum preservative (4)
ok
unspecified spices (2)
unspecified flavor (3)
ok
ok
more artificial color
emulsifier
preservative (5)

11-18

green onion

Good!

18

corn syrup

more sugar (4)

18

chicken broth

Chicken actually mentioned as the 47th ingredient

18

water
chicken including chicken juices
salt
chicken fat
sugar
autolyzed yeast extract
maltodextrin
dried whey
natural flavor
turmeric

ok
actually contains chicken!
more salt (3)
more fat
more sugar (5)
MSG by another name (2)
MSG by another name (3)
milk byproduct
unspecified flavor (4)
coloring

18-22

mustard

chemical concoction

22

water
vinegar
mustard seed
salt
sugar
soybean oil
turmeric
annatto
garlic
spices
xanthan gum
calcium disodium edta
natural flavor
citric acid

ok
ok
ok
more salt (4)
more sugar (6)
ok - more fat
ok
red dye from seeds
ok
unspecified spices (3)
more gum
preservative (6)
unspecified flavor (5)
ok

23-26

lemon juice concentrate

ok

26

vinegar

ok

27

modified corn starch

thickener

27

potassium sorbate

preservative (7)

28

sodium benzoate

preservative (8)

28

spice

unspecified spice (4)

29

onion powder

ok

29

xanthan gum

more gum (3)

29

annatto color

more coloring

30

contains "UP TO 20%" of a "solution"

chemical concoction

30

water

31

"seasoning"

31

salt
sodium phosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate,
sodium acid pyrophosphate)

more salt (5)
preservative (9)
preservative (10)

31-33

food starch
modified with soy lecithin and xanthan gum

MSG by another name (4)

33

brown sugar

more sugar (7)

34

garlic powder

ok

35

spice extractives

unspecified (5)

35

carrageenan

seaweed thickener
a powerful allergen

36

"rubbed with" seasoning

WHAT is rubbed?
The chicken goo?

36

salt
onion
paprika
spices
garlic
citric acid

more salt (6)
ok
ok
unspecified spices (6, 7)
ok
ok

36-37

eggs, soy and milk

allergy disclaimer

38

Where is the disclaimer for all the OTHER crud?

Lobbyists have prevented much truth in labeling.

Preservatives
Spices
Sugar
Salt
Hidden MSG
Artificial color
Artificial flavor
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil

10 mentions
7 unspecified spices
7 mentions
6 mentions
4 mentions
4 mentions
4 mentions
1 mention

OBFUSCATION
Not only is the ingredient list poor, it is gibberish. Ingredients mentioned over and over again, with no explanation. Where are the clarifying parentheses? They are not there, because they DON'T WANT you to figure it all out.

Note that the ingredient list is rendered in all capital letters, because it is well known that they are far more difficult to read. More obfuscation. 100% intentional. Also, there are no spaces after the commas (which is the common practice), making it even more difficult to read, on purpose.

NATURAL
Do not be attached to the word "natural". Uranium is natural, and so is arsenic. So is Poison Oak. So is cow dung. One socalled "natural" flavor comes from the rear-end of a beaver (castorium), but that doesn't mean I want to eat it! Read the EAFUS link below. It will blow you away. So, as long as they say "natural flavor", they don't actually have to say what it is! Crushed beetles or whatever. This is BULL!

What's the point?
The point is that most of the food you eat is manufactured for you by large corporations, whose motive is profit. They don't give a hoot about your health. Don't you think it is about time you READ THE LABEL? And perhaps do something about your reliance upon corporate foods. You KNOW what is bad. Why don't you avoid it?

Acquiescence. We are all guilty. The only thing that is going to protect you is YOUR DILIGENCE. Your government is of little help, because these matters are controlled by the food company lobbies. Money calls all the shots, and your health is not worth anything to these corporations. Just your money.

The clogging of your arteries, is outweighed by the fact that food corporations need to make money.

Awareness is just the first part of the health equation. Action is the second.

Notes

Vaughn's Law

"The healthfulness of any food product is inversely proportional to the number of ingredients listed on the label." . . . Me

Yum!

Do you really want to eat this manufactured "Signature Chicken Salad"? (chemical goo concoction) I wonder what signature is being referred to - the one on your death certificate? What chef on Earth would actually WANT his name associated with this concoction?

It wasn't a chef, anyway, it was a chemist.

Consequences

Doctors tell us that the American diet is responsible for more disease than anything else - just which manufactured food ingredients do you think that they are referring to?

1. High Blood Pressure - sodium, sodium, sodium
2. Arteriosclerosis - Clogged Arteries - TFAs are implicated, found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
3. Heart disease - CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
4. Diabetes - sugar, sugar, sugar
5. Obesity
6. Stroke


EAFUS - Everything Added to Food in the United States
If an ingredient does not make you violently ill, the US government says that it is OK to use - GRAS - Generally Regarded As Safe. Europe puts up with FAR LESS of this nonsense. In the US, the lobbyists make the rules, and you have nothing to say about it. Not only are highly questionable additives allowed, but many additives DO NOT have to be listed, AT ALL!

Yummy! Give me some more goo, please.

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DISCLAIMER
The opinions stated above are those of the author.
Your opinions may differ.
You can improve your health by not eating so much manufactured goo.