Top 15 Chemical Additives in Your Food

We don't just want our food to taste good these days: It also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the shelf.

monosodium glutamate (MSG)

1. 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE
2. ARTIFICIAL COLORS
3. ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING
4. ASPARTAME
5. ASTAXANTHIN
6. BENZOIC ACID/SODIUM BENZOATE
7. BHA (BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE) AND BHT (BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE)
8. CANTHAXANTHIN
9. EMULSIFIERS
10. HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
11. MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (MSG)
12. OLESTRA
13. PARTIALLY-HYDROGENATED OILS
14. POTASSIUM BROMATE
15. SODIUM NITRITE AND NITRATE

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