NASTY FOOD AWARDS

The Food Intolerance Network invites you to submit photos of your favourite nasty food, one full of additives or with a tricky label. See other nominations.

Date of last update May 2008

		What outrages the many people who complain about this product is the “Simple Goodness – no artificial colours or flavours” logo. 621 (monosodium glutamate MSG), 635 (mixture of ribonucleotides 627 & 631) and 631 (disodium inosinate) are not technically flavours, they are flavour enhancers. A distinction that amuses regulators but the effects are not amusing for some - see Ribo Rash factsheet.
	July 2006	Australian-owned Golden Circle Juicy Fruit Sticks are 99% fruit (albeit foreign, reconstituted and with peel) and 1% added benzoates, sorbates, sulphites, synthetic flavours, tartrazine and sunset yellow. Our member said “one of the most misleading products I have seen and one of the worst offenders for sneaking unnecessary chemicals into products with children as the target consumer.”
	July 2006	Our member commented “and to think they are using them as a fund raiser in schools..!!!” This cinnamon apple filled Krispy Kreme has five nasty preservatives and over fifty ingredients. See ingredient comment.
	July 2006	This Spinach and Ricotta roll might be expected to be vegetarian, but it contains chicken powder (!) plus nasty preservatives 202 & 220, nasty colours 102 & 124 (plus two others illegible) and five different flavour enhancers: 627, 631, 635, soy sauce powder and yeast extract (MSG, 621). Our member “bought this in preference to a sausage roll thinking it would be a better choice”!!
	Mar 2006	Wacky Water contains two nasty additives and a wicked advertising claim (“helps you get better grades”) that is contrary to all scientific evidence regarding these additives. Plain water is the best drink.
	Mar 2006	Streets Rainbow Paddlepops contain sulphites in the glucose syrup (risk of asthma) and three nasty colours (risk of irritability, sleep disturbance, restlessness). Why are they recommended by the NSW School Canteen Association?
	Mar 2006	Home Brand Canola from Woolworths contains two nasty synthetic antioxidants. Nearly all other cooking oils have phased out these unnecessary additives, so why does Woolworths persist? May 2008 SUCCESS! The Home Brand Canola no longer contains these antioxidants, but check the label in case you are being offered old stock. Consumer action!
	What happens if you take two loaves of bread with the same use-by date, Wonder White (left) with preservative 282 and Might Soft (right) with no preservative 282, and let them stand at room temperature side by side for eight days? Remember that 282 is used as a mould inhibitor. Jan 2006	The Wonder White with preservative is covered in mould. The Might Soft no-preservative bread has no mould growth at all! Why? Maybe it’s made in more hygienic conditions, or with slightly lower moisture content. Try this for yourself and let me know…… Mar 2006 SUCCESS! The two biggest selling breads in Australia, Mighty Soft and Wonder White, no longer contain preservative 282. Consumers have spoken.
	Jan 2006	On the left is the menu in a Qld café, but what you get is fake chicken: scraps blasted off carcasses with steam, combined with “extenders”, antioxidants, flavour enhancers, flavours, coated in Cajun spices. Inedible. Comment? “This isn’t a gourmet restaurant, luv.”
	Nov 2005	Pressure from our Network urged Devondale to take BHA 320 and flavour enhancer 635 out of their Dairysoft range, so why are they still in their “healthy” alternative? Mar 2006 SUCCESS! This product no longer contains either BHA 320 or flavour enhancer 635. We can make a difference.
	Nov 2005	The “25% fruit juice” on the front turns out to be 40% orange peel (do you want pesticides with that?), and since when was peel a fruit? Don’t mention two nasty preservatives and a nasty annatto colour.
	Email confoodnet@ozemail.com.au with your photo, nomination or comment, or mail labels to PO Box 718, Woolgoolga NSW 2456!