These little common lunchbox snacks are FULL of food additives. Many people are unaware of the chemical cocktail in the average Aussie lunchbox…. here is a little bit of interesting reading.
Kraft Cheese Spread Snackabouts with Chicken Flavoured Biscuits
Ingredients:
Cheese spread 50%: cheese (milk, salt, starter culture, butter, mineral salts (339, 341) food acid (325), sugar, milk solids non fat, salt, preservatives (200, 234). Biscuits 50%: Wheat flour, vegetable oil (antioxidant (319)), sugar, flavours (contains flavour enhancer (621), antioxidant (310, 320)), milk solids non fat, wheat gluten, salt, malted barley, yeast extract, raising agent (500)
Reactions to these additives may cause:
Mineral salts 339 and 341 are prohibited in foods for infants.
Sodium lactate also known as 325 may be made by bacterial fermentation, may be animal derived and may be genetically modified.
200 is linked to behavioural problems, asthma, allergic reactions, skin irritations and dermatitis while it is also prohibited in foods for infants.
Preservative 234 is linked to skin irritation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, behavioural problems, swelling, nettle rash and asthma. This is also prohibited in foods for infants. Now that was just the cheese, let’s move on to the biscuit……
Antioxidant 319 is found in cheaper vegetable oils (while not always printed on labels) with reactions such as nausea, vomiting, delirium, dermatitis, linked to cancer and birth defects, while also being prohibited in foods for infants. A dose of 5 grams can be fatal.
Flavour enhancer 621 is MSG causing migraine, nausea, tingling, numbness, headache, heart arrhythmia, restlessness, neck pain, dizziness, irritability, asthma, hyperactivity, depression, mood changes and this additive is also prohibited in foods for infants (see a trend here yet?)
310 may cause hyperactivity, skin irritations, causes DNA damage in animals, asthma, dermatitis, liver damage and this additive is also prohibited in foods for infants.
320 (BHA) causes headache, asthma, fatigue, insomnia,, depression, known carcinogen, DNA damage, suspected respiratory endocrine while being a skin and liver immune and neurotoxicity. This additive is found in vegetable oils, though not always printed on the label. While 320 is known to accumulate in body fat, it has also been banned in Japan since 1958, though readily used throughout Australia. This additive is ALSO prohibited in foods for infants.
Finally malted barley and yeast extract are very likely to be MSG. So as you can see every harmful additive ingredient within Kraft Cheese Snackabouts are PROHIBITED in foods for infants…… WHAT THE??
