“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing Baby” – Marvin Gaye
Today, the question is not: What foods should you eat to be healthy?… The real question is: Are you eating food at all? Are you eating real food or fake food?
When you pull up at the drive thru at the fast food restaurant and order chicken nuggets, fries, and a soda, do you think that’s real food? When you are shopping at the supermarket and throw some cereal, milk, and bread into your cart, do you think that’s food?
Let me define the difference between real and fake. When you look up “real” in the dictionary you will find that something real is something that is genuine, authentic, being no less than what is stated and worthy of name; where “fake” is being artificial, imaginary, and pretending to be something it’s not.
So fake food is pretending to be something it’s not.
For instance, when you get a strawberry milkshake, you would expect there to be strawberries and milk in the milkshake, right? Well, here are the ingredients in a strawberry milkshake from Burger King:
Burger King Strawberry Milkshake
Amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amylketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyl lactate, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethyl propionate ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphrenyl-2-butanone (10% solution in alcohol), ionone, isobuyly anthranilate, isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone, methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methyl heptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl ketone, methyl salicylate, mint essential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate, orris butter, phenothyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, undecalactone, vanillin, and solvent.
NO STRAWBERRIES!!!
Can you believe this? There is zero food in this, it’s all fake. Back in the day, a strawberry milk shake had 4 main ingredients: milk, ice cream, strawberries, and sugar. Today it is full of chemicals that your body doesn’t even recognize as food. It’s a highly toxic blend that is sure to send you to your grave early.
There are several ways to determine if something is a real food or fake food.
1) Use Common Sense! Do you think a pop tart is a real food? No, so go with the apple instead – it’s real.
2) Learn to read labels. If something has a huge number of ingredients, it’s probably fake. Stay away from things like high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, aspartame, and blue 25.
3) Ask if the food is highly processed. Most cereals, breads, and pastas area highly processed grains that have had all the fiber and nutrients removed. Here is another hint–if you’re in the grocery store, shop on the perimeter of the store. Most the foods in the middle aisles are packaged, processed goods. So stick to the outside and you’ll be much safer.
Just for fun–go Google some of your favorite foods and their list of ingredients. Look up McDonald’s chicken nuggets and see what you find.
Let’s have a contest: whoever can find the most outrageous food label wins a $20 gift card to Whole Foods. Post your ingredient link under your comment here:
kraft macaroni and cheese ingredients YIKES!!
macaroni and cheese – easy mac macaroni & cheese dinner – extreme cheese microwavable snack packets 6 ct
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT(WHEAT FLOUR, GLYCERYL, MONOSTEARATE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID, CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, CORN SYRUP, SOLIDS, PALM OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, HIGH ACID WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MILK, CITRIC ACID, GUAR GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5 ENZYMES, YELLOW 56, CHEESE CULTURE, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR), DRIED ONIONS, NATURAL FLAVOR, CONTAINS WHEAT, MILK.
Size: 12.9 OZ
Serving Size 1 Servings per Container about 6 Amount Per Serving
Calories 230 Calories from Fat 40
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g 6 % Saturated Fat 2.5g 13 % Cholesterol 5mg 2 % Sodium 520mg 22 % Total Carbohydrate 42g 14 % Dietary Fiber 1g 4 % Sugars 5g Protein 7g
Vitamin A 10 %
Iron 8 %
Calcium 20 %
PERCENTAGES BASED ON A 2,000 CALORIE DIET!!!
The amazing thing is that Kraft formulates their products completely different for European countries, because they demand it and know the difference. I wrote to them about this and the woman that responded gave a coined response about why their products are wholesome,etc…..amazing how they bank on our ignorance and complacency. It works for them, for now…
Here are the ingredients to a pizza flavored hot pocket.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/getjustin/4364760317/
Well, I found several outrageous food labels on the KFC website but I think the craziest was the Chicken Pot Pie. Are you ready? Lets see if it all fits…..Chicken Stock, Carrots, Potatoes (With Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate To Protect Color), Peas, Heavy Cream, Modified Food Starch, Contains 2% Or Less Of Wheat Flour, Salt, Chicken Fat, Dried Dairy Blend (Whey, Calcium Caseinate), Butter (Cream, Salt), Natural Chicken Flavor With Other Natural Flavors (Salt, Natural Flavoring, Maltodextrin, Milk Solids, Nonfat Dry Milk, Chicken Fat, Beef Extract, Ascorbic Acid [To Help Protect Flavor]), Monosodium Glutamate, Liquid Margarine (Vegetable Oil Blend [Liquid Soybean, Hydrogenated Cottonseed, Hydrogenated Soybean], Water, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Beta Carotene [Color]), Roasted Garlic Juice Flavor (Garlic Juice, Salt, Natural Flavors), Gelatin, Roasted Onion Juice Flavor (Onion Juice, Salt, Natural Flavors), Chicken Pot Pie Flavor (Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy And Wheat Gluten Protein, Salt, Vegetable Stock [Carrot, Onion, Celery], Maltodextrin, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Flavors, Dextrose, Chicken Broth), Chicken Stock, Sugar, Mono and Diglycerides With Citric Acid to Protect Flavor, Spice, Seasoning (Soybean Oil, Oleoresin Turmeric, Spice Extractives), Parsley, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Yellow 5. Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Nonfat Milk, Maltodextrin, Salt, Dextrose, Sugar, Whey, Natural Flavor, Butter, Citric Acid, Dough Conditioner, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Colored With Yellow 5 & Red 40. Fresh Chicken Marinated With: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavorings, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, With Not More Than 2% Calcium Silicate Added as an Anti Caking Agent OR Fresh Chicken Marinated With: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Corn Starch, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Spice Extractives, Citric Acid, and 2% Calcium Silicate added as Anticaking Agent OR Fresh Chicken Marinated With: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Sodium Chloride and Anti-caking Agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Colonel’s Secret Original Recipe Seasoning OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Sodium Chloride and Anti-caking agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Colonel’s Secret Original Recipe Seasoning OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavorings, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, With Not More Than 2% Calcium Silicate Added as an Anti Caking Agent OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Corn Starch, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Spice Extractives, Citric Acid, and 2% Calcium Silicate Added As Anticaking Agent OR Seasoning (Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Spice Extractives, Onion Powder), Soy Protein Concentrate, Rice Starch and Sodium Phosphates. Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Spice and Onion Powder. Predusted With: Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Dried Egg Whites, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice and Onion Powder. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice, Nonfat Dry Milk, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Extractives of Turmeric and Extractives of Annatto. Breading Set in Vegetable oil.
Contains Egg, Milk, Wheat and Soy.
*Will contain one of the Ingredient statements above, depending upon regional suppliers
~Justine
Unbelievable. Is there chicken in their chicken?!
Sunny Delight (D) Orange Juice “Blend”
Ingredients: Water, High Fructose, Corn Syrup and 2% or Less of Each of the Following: Concentrated Juices (Orange, Tangerine, Apple, Lime, Grapefruit). Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Beta-Carotene, Thiamin Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Natural Flavors, Food Starch-Modified, Canola Oil, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sodium Benzoate To Protect Flavor, Yellow #5, Yellow #6
Sunny Delight: Produced an estimated $450 million in revenue for Procter & Gamble last year, said Gary Hemphill, senior vice president of Beverage Marketing Corp., an industry consulting and marketing firm. One-hundred-percent orange juice had sales of between $3.7 billion and $6.7 billion, according to various calculations. Sunny Delight is manufactured in Indiana, California and Atlanta.
What really bothers me with this product is that it is deceptively marketed to children and parents as a healthy “juice” drink. The commercials show children playing sports and needing a beverage. Of course, their choice is Sunny D. Oh, and it also contains vitamins and is sold in the cold section of the grocery stores where the REAL juice is located.
I wish parents would pay more attention to the crap companies are marketing to our children. I try really hard to feed my son REAL food. But, it is difficult when all his friends are consuming crap.
I have said for years that there is no food in our food! With over farming there are much less vitamins and minerals in our fruits and vegetables so there isn’t even as much food in our real food either. No wonder America is where it is.
Kid Cuisine All Star Chicken Breast Nuggets
Made by ConAgra Foods Inc.
Ingredients
Breaded Nugget-Shaped Chicken Patties: Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Breader (Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Whey, Oleoresin Paprika (Color)Textured Soy Protein (Soy Protein, soy Carbohydrate)Wheat Flour, Rice Flour, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Ferrocyanide, Glycerine)Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Spices, Flavoring, Oleoresin Black Pepper (Mono- and Diglycerides, Black Pepper Extractives, Lactic Acid)Fried in Vegetable Oil with BHT. Macaroni and Cheese: Elbow Macaroni (Durum Semolina (Enriched with Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron)Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid)Egg Whites)Water, cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color)Dried Sweet Whey, Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Dried Sweet Cream (Sweet Cream, Nonfat Milk, Sodium Caseinate)Wheat Flour, Cheddar Cheese Blend (Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto)Cream, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Yellow 5 and 6)Butter (Sweet Cream, Salt)Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Acetic Acid Esters of Mono-and Diglycerides and Maltodextrin, disodium Phosphate, Cheese Powder Blend (Cheese (Milk, Rennet, Culture)Melting Salt (Disodium Phosphate)Whey Protein Concentrate)Citric Acid, Beta Carotene (Corn Oil, Beta Carotene)Chocolate Pudding: Water, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Soybean Oil, Dried Sweet Cream (Sweet Cream, Nonfat Milk, Sodium Caseinate)cocoa Powder (Processed with Potassium Carbonate)Microcrystalline and Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Acetic Acid Ester of Mono- and Diglycerides with Maltodextrin, Soy Lecithin (Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil)Salt, Corn in Water and Sugar. Sprinkle Packet: Sugar, Rice Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed, Soybean)Cornstarch, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Soya Lecithin, Confectioner’s Glaze, FD&C Yellow 6, FD&C Red 40, Gum Tragacanth, FD&C Yellow 5, Gum Arabic, FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Blue 2 Lake, Artificial Flavor.
http://www.zeer.com/
I only have whole / real live foods in my house or 100 percent organic…I have no labels to pull from
YAY u go girl ! Im with ya! no mystery foods in this home! I rec’d a gift of a food basket over the holidays – one of the “goodies” ( ?!?!?! ) was smoked salmon on which the label read…”this product unopened is good for several years, unopened only one week…” – and thats not a typo – I DID say YEARS – yummy – doesn’t that sound enticing??? scary
Toca Bell- hamburger meat …the grade of beef is one grade away from being DOG FOOD!!! just to let you know…really nasty.
“Beefy 5 Layer Burrito”
Here’s a link… i dont have time to look up the ingred. http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/taco-bell-beefy-5-layer-burrito-layers-of-seasoned-gro62487.htm
A friend of mine worked there in high school and said they just throw the frozen meat, still wrapped in saran wrap, into the deep fryer. Then it’s straight to your taco. Yum.
Shortening used at Krystal.
PREPARED FROM MEAT FATS AND VEGETBLE OILS WITH TBHQ, BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR, DIMETHYLPOLYSILLOXANE ADDED AS ANTIFOAMING AGENT
I found one for “Potted Meat” but it was just gross (who eats potted meat?). Here is one for Baby Formula:
“Enzymatically hydrolyzed reduced minerals, whey protein concentrate, palm olein, soy, coconut, high-oleic safflower oils, lactose, maltodextrin, patoassium citrate, calcium phosphate, calcium chloride, salt, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide, soy lecithin, mono and diglycerides, inositol, choline bitartrate
sodium ascorbate, alpha tocophyeryl acetate, naicinamide, calcum pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, phylloquinone, biotin, vitamin D3, vitamin B12, taurine,
L-carnitine”
Where did you get the info for the Burger King milkshake? The ingredients on their website do include milk. There are a lot of chemicals, including HFCS, but it does say milk is an ingredient.
That particular list of ingredients is a couple years old, so it’s possible they have added milk. If they did add pasteurized milk, it’s still not any better!
Wow! You guys found some pretty amazing fake foods!
But I think the winner has to be Justine with the Chicken Pot Pie from KFC. I counted Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) 12 times!
12!!!
Justine, send an email to our marketing director Lori (lori@draxe.com) so we can get your prize to you!
I am taking Chlorophyll liquid… 1 tsp. in about 6 oz. of water twice per day – on an empty stomach.
Would love your opinion on Chlorophyll? (the brand I purchased is Chlorofresh from GNC).
Thank you!
These are the ingredients in a Wendy’s Vanilla Frosty™-cino
Vanilla Frosty (milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, whey, nonfat dry milk, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, carrageenan, calcium sulfate, disodium phosphate, dextrose, annatto color, vitamin A palmitate), Coffee Syrup (water, high fructose corn syrup, propylene glycol, caramel color, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], natural flavoring, potassium sorbate [preservative], instant coffee, citric acid, xanthan gum). CONTAINS: MILK.
Chocolate Sauce
High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Cocoa, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Potassium Sorbate (preservative), Artificial Flavor, Cellulose Gum.
Whipped Cream
Cream, Milk, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Dextrose, Contains 2% or less of the following: Mono and Diglycerides, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sorbitan Monstearate, Carrageenan, Mixed Tocopherols (vitamin E [to protect flavor]), Nitrous Oxide (propellant). CONTAINS: MILK.
Dr. Axe –
Actaully this is not the complete list of ingredients from BK’s website for the strawberry shake, and the shake DOES contain milk. I believe what you’ve posted here is solely the components of their “strawberry flavoring,” which is only one the many ingredients. Milk is definitely in there, but I don’t believe “strawberries” made the list. LOL! There’s also a few other lovely ingredients like HFCS in there, etc.
I TOTALLY agree that this is fake food, but you may want to correct your post to more accurately reflect the complete ingredients list.
P.S. – I forwarded this blog through my FB page and one of my fans actually pointed this out to me; I hope you appreciate me doing the same for you!