However, even though the food you eat will (probably) not jeopardize your health, you might want to start paying more attention to what those unrecognizable ingredients mean. For example, have you ever heard of tartrazine? Apparently, this ingredient is derived from coal tar, but it is used in the food industry for the creation of artificially colored beverages. A lot of kids drink these beverages, and some studies even suggest that tartrazine causes hyperactivity in children. The following infographic unmasks 13 more ingredients with “shady origins”, so make sure you remember their strange names and recognize them the next time you come across them on food labels of products you are thinking of buying.
Infographic by: foodpackaginglabels