Food safety agencies and health departments work hard to make sure that consumers are protected from unsafe elements in food. They require packaged food products to be labelled and they have a set of requirements and regulations for food in restaurants and delis as well.
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
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
