Reposted from April 22, 2015
It’s hard to believe that the Kraft Dinner many of us grew up on was so toxic! In particular, Kraft Mac and Cheese contains artificial Yellow Dye #5 and Yellow Dye #6. What’s the big deal you ask? It’s toxic and can be carcinogenic (that means its agents are known to be directly involved in causing cancers). In fact, these dyes are so bad for you that they are actually banned in certain countries such as Norway and Austria and currently being phased out in the UK.
That’s not it though, these yellow dyes (along with a lot of the other colored dyes!) affect our children in a big way. They can cause an increase in hyperactivity in children and even have a negative impact on children’s ability to learn. They’ve also been tied to other longer-term health issues such as asthma, migraines and skin rashes.
The kicker is that these toxic coloring agents add ZERO nutritional value–they are only used to make the product look a certain way.
Thankfully, the food giant realized the dangers of their ingredients and decided to take action to protect their customers–NOT! This decision to remove the toxic dyes was based on a movement started by food activist, Vani Hari, aka the Food Babe. She started a petition against food dyes that grew to over 365,000 names strong which was the impetus to Kraft substituting its dyes with natural ingredients like paprika, annatto and turmeric.
Kraft said that it is finally removing all artificial food dye from every kind of their mac & cheese by 2016. Then, the millions of people in the US and Canada will enjoy the non-toxic version that Europeans have had for years.
Voices can be heard but we also have to educate ourselves on what we put into our bodies as well as our family’s. Beware of “fake foods” that are brightly colored and ask yourself if they are really safe. Read labels. Finally, take note of how you feel or how your child is acting after eating foods with these dangerous dyes. Those foods may have tasted good to you, but they start to taste a lot worse when you realize what they’re doing!
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