Eating For Health

The USA is well known for its safe food supply.   But there are foods and ingredients in the USA that are banned in other countries.   Each country and the European Union have their own food standards so what can be sold in one country may be banned for sale in another country.    Go on a trip to another country and you will see American food everywhere.   In France, you can easily stop at a McDonald’s for their coffee or food.   Our fast food restaurants seem to populate the globe.   But some foods you can easily buy in the USA are not sold in some other countries.   Or, there are some ingredients you can find on food labels in the USA but not in some countries.   What are some of these ingredients and what countries ban them?      1.     Artificial Food Dyes :     Many candies and other foods are colorful because of artificial food dyes.   M&M’s – one of my favorite snacks, esp...

Good news for consumers.   Many manufacturers and fast food restaurants are making healthful changes in their food offerings.    In the last few weeks, Kraft, Chipotle, and Pepsi have made announcements about upcoming changes.   What drove these changes?   You the consumer, did by requesting healthier options.    It is usually the government forcing manufacturers to make changes and now with social media, the consumer is in the driver’s seat.   So what is changing? Kraft Macaroni and Cheese:     has announced it is going to make macaroni and cheese without the synthetic colors or artificial preservatives.   This change won’t take place until early 2016, but is good news for consumers.   Last March, a Change.org petition requested Kraft remove dyes from its mac and cheese.    This petition garnered over 365,000 signatures so carried a lot of weight with the company.   Before complying, Kraft went to the s...