Comments on: Potentially Harmful Preservatives and Colors? http://blog.foodessentials.com/additives/potentially-harmful-preservatives-and-colors/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:12:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dxavier http://blog.foodessentials.com/additives/potentially-harmful-preservatives-and-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 dxavier Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:09:00 +0000 http://blog.foodessentials.com/?p=41#comment-1261 Hi Erica, Thanks for taking time out to comment. I couldn't agree with you more. Empowerment begins with knowledge. And unfortunately, not all the knowledge one needs to know is always on the back of the food label. Therefore, we do need to take some form of ownership and try and learn as much as possible so to inform oursleves of the potential hazards of particular ingredients. For example, mixing sodium benzoate (a preservative) with ascorbic acid (vitamin C), can actually create small amounts of benzene (a known carcinogen). These products are most often mixed together in soda pop. An example is Fanta Orange. But as a consumer, how would you know that unless otherwise told? A tip - watch out for sodium benzoate when it is mixed with artificial colors and/or ascorbic acid. It is reported that the intergration of the two ingredients can cause certain behavioural problems in children. If you were interested in some further reading on this topic you can click <a href="http://blog.foodessentials.com/lists-and-articles/additives/colors/under-the-microscope-artificial-colorants/" rel="nofollow">here</a> Thanks again for commenting and feel free to contact us if you have any further questions! Cheers, Dagan Xavier Hi Erica,

Thanks for taking time out to comment.

I couldn’t agree with you more. Empowerment begins with knowledge. And unfortunately, not all the knowledge one needs to know is always on the back of the food label. Therefore, we do need to take some form of ownership and try and learn as much as possible so to inform oursleves of the potential hazards of particular ingredients. For example, mixing sodium benzoate (a preservative) with ascorbic acid (vitamin C), can actually create small amounts of benzene (a known carcinogen). These products are most often mixed together in soda pop. An example is Fanta Orange. But as a consumer, how would you know that unless otherwise told?

A tip – watch out for sodium benzoate when it is mixed with artificial colors and/or ascorbic acid. It is reported that the intergration of the two ingredients can cause certain behavioural problems in children. If you were interested in some further reading on this topic you can click here

Thanks again for commenting and feel free to contact us if you have any further questions!

Cheers,

Dagan Xavier

]]> By: Erica B. http://blog.foodessentials.com/additives/potentially-harmful-preservatives-and-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Erica B. Sun, 31 May 2009 12:00:56 +0000 http://blog.foodessentials.com/?p=41#comment-1238 If the correlation between particular combinations of food colors and preservatives in drinks are bad, I think the consumers need to know how much bad is it. They need to know about the specific effects of these combinations in the body so that they, (and producers alike) will be even more convinced that the products are indeed harmful and they will stop tolerating their production and usage. If the correlation between particular combinations of food colors and preservatives in drinks are bad, I think the consumers need to know how much bad is it. They need to know about the specific effects of these combinations in the body so that they, (and producers alike) will be even more convinced that the products are indeed harmful and they will stop tolerating their production and usage.

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