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Gemmabeta t1_jc2u1qf wrote

So, the things they consider food additives include MSG, citric acid (i.e. lemon juice), Ethyl alcohol (i.e. regular drinking alcohol), corn oil, capsicum oil (i.e. hot sauce), sodium bicarbonate (i.e. baking soda), Carbon Dioxide and so forth.

This list is ludicrously over-padded with things that are completely harmless just to produce a hysterical scaremongering headline.

I am surprised they didn't declare water and table salt to be food additives as well just to bring up the number to a full 100%.

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Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat t1_jc331tp wrote

And WTH is a "technical" food additive? It sounds like how the word natural has lost all meaning.

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UseOnlyLurk t1_jc3el9r wrote

Are they trying to say “technically has food additives”.

60% seems really low. That leaves produce, some fresh meats and even fewer dairy.

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EtherCJ t1_jc425p7 wrote

I mean some fruits and vegetables often have wax on them.

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Gemmabeta t1_jc47qlu wrote

It's not wax, it's shellac, aka resin excreted by lac bugs.

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kslusherplantman t1_jc4i2ph wrote

Fruit waxing is the process of covering fruits (and, in some cases, vegetables) with artificial waxing material. Natural wax is removed first, usually by washing, followed by a coating of a biological or petroleum derived wax

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_waxing

They also use just wax, wax with shellac, or just shellac.

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UseOnlyLurk t1_jc4vgq9 wrote

Pesticides over here trying not to get spotted but I’m calling them out.

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hfsh t1_jc7z7ni wrote

Even more so considering they're only looking at packaged food.

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ocmaddog t1_jc53q02 wrote

Natural has no definition when it comes to food generally

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LoganSterling t1_jc5ctu2 wrote

right! I thought it was pieces of micro plastics from old shredded laptops..

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ItsAWonderfulFife t1_jc4r534 wrote

By that metric a soup is water with food additives.

Feels like a “technically correct”, but misleading statement.

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mohelgamal t1_jc7hx9q wrote

The list wasn’t complete enough, they didn’t include dihydrogen monoxide.

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