It's only natural-FDA wants your opinion
anewstart22
Posts: 885 Member
And they are going to get mine.
This is the thing for me. All that carageenan added to foods and for what reason? It's being added to chicken in the bag, whole raw chicken or the 10 pound bags of legs and thighs, etc. There is no need for it and I had to stop eating foods that contained carageenan because it was part of the problem I was having with my digestive system. That stuff is in everything and what it isn't in, costs more to purchase. I discovered it when I started researching the ingredients on the labels even when the label said "natural", and I discovered I wasn't the only one having problems. Now that I try very hard to keep it out of the house, I am doing far better and my stomach thanks me for it with a whole lot less pain, inflammation and bloating. I had problems with medications causing many problems with my stomach, and by stopping them completely I was far better. However, I could not get the final problems to go away until I removed carageenan from my diet.
So, the FDA wants our opinion on what the "Natural" label means to us. To me, it means it's truly natural just the way it was grown, without antibiotics, added fillers or anything else that wouldn't be natural to the food, be it produce, dairy or animal of any kind. I buy uncured bacon because I don't want the nitrates and the nitrites, if the label doesn't say that both are excluded in the product label I won't buy it. There are so many things in dairy that have carageenan, you would be amazed at that. Here is a link regarding carageenan.
Dr. Wiel MD
drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401181/Is-Carrageenan-Safe.html
Of course this company makes a lot of money by marketing carageenan for meat products.
marcelcarrageenan.com/meat.html
I bought a big 10 pound bag of chicken leg quarters about a year or so back and couldn't figure out why my stomach was hurting me after eating some. I had frozen the rest and when I cooked it, I had the same problem but my husband was fine. Well the brand is country post and carageenan is not listed on the ingredient list at all. Even though it is required to be there on the label. I know it has carageenan, because I called the company directly, right from the grocery store just a couple of weeks ago, and I was told carageenan was an ingredient. I was calling them asking if there was any MSG in the product, but was surprised to hear the carageeen. I asked the man on the phone very point blank. "What does carageenan have to do with raw meat?" "Why would you put that in raw meat?, it's raw meat by golly".
I told him I wouldn't be buying his company's meat because the last time I bought it something hurt my stomach and that is why I was calling, I wanted to understand their not so clear label, now I know what that is. I told him I would be spreading the word every time I am in the store and someone picks up their chicken that isn't properly labeled. We as consumers can make an informed decision on the foods we put into our mouths, if foods are properly labeled and all the unnecessary junk is taken out of it. I informed him I wanted my input to go to the top and I think he was stunned, I thanked him for his time and said goodbye.
I buy Central Market brand uncured bacon, it's not cheap at $5.97 for 12 ounces but when it goes on sale or there is a store coupon I will buy a couple of them to toss in the freezer, I was able to get two for $3.97 each a couple of weeks ago because it was on sale for $4.97 and I had two in-store coupons for $1 off of each package. I don't use much bacon in cooking anyway.
centralmarket.com/departments.aspx#/goods/meat
Product Description
Any way you slice it, our Central Market Bacon is a cut above. It’s made from hogs that are socially raised and given a 100% vegetarian diet. There are never any added hormones or antibiotics added to our bacon, so all you get is 100% pork that’s 100% delicious.
No Nitrates or Nitrites, except for the naturally occurring nitrates in sea salt and celery powder, gluten and casein free.
Pork, Water, Sea Salt, Turbinado Sugar and Celery Powder
Here is a link for more information regarding Carageenan, and there are links within you can follow to the FDA petition page, and there is a buying guide as well.
prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/carrageenan-natural-ingredient-you-should-ban-your-diet
The buying guide is sorely lacking in information on products and more need to be submitted to the list, like the Country Post chicken brand. But I found that Dairy Queen ice cream has carageenan, so I do believe that is why I can't eat it. Every ice cream brand available to me in my grocery stores here are all labeled on the buying guide as to having carageenan. This has to be why I stopped buying ice cream, it just doesn't sit well with me, well it's not good for the diet either, lol. I can only buy one brand of half and half for my husband and that is Land O Lakes and their ingredient list is just milk, my understanding is there is no carageenan in it, and he uses a lot of half and half through the week for his coffee, some items you have to be careful because some of their products have carageenan like the cottage cheese and sour cream. There are many product brands like that. Cream cheese for example, Philadelphia Fat Free cream cheese has carageenan but the regular one does not. Here is another link to a list of foods that have carageenan in them, I wish they could all be added to the same database.
miami-water.com/blog/4589/carrageenan-health-risks-products-list/
And here is the original link I was going to add here regarding the FDA wanting our opinions on crageenan, but there is so much more to it, so I led you down the never ending whirlpool, lol.
food52.com/blog/14822-what-does-natural-mean-and-what-should-it-mean?src=promo_bundle
I hope I didn't just overload everyone, in my area it's hard to come by food that doesn't have carageenan in it and our pocket book pays dearly for it.
This is the thing for me. All that carageenan added to foods and for what reason? It's being added to chicken in the bag, whole raw chicken or the 10 pound bags of legs and thighs, etc. There is no need for it and I had to stop eating foods that contained carageenan because it was part of the problem I was having with my digestive system. That stuff is in everything and what it isn't in, costs more to purchase. I discovered it when I started researching the ingredients on the labels even when the label said "natural", and I discovered I wasn't the only one having problems. Now that I try very hard to keep it out of the house, I am doing far better and my stomach thanks me for it with a whole lot less pain, inflammation and bloating. I had problems with medications causing many problems with my stomach, and by stopping them completely I was far better. However, I could not get the final problems to go away until I removed carageenan from my diet.
So, the FDA wants our opinion on what the "Natural" label means to us. To me, it means it's truly natural just the way it was grown, without antibiotics, added fillers or anything else that wouldn't be natural to the food, be it produce, dairy or animal of any kind. I buy uncured bacon because I don't want the nitrates and the nitrites, if the label doesn't say that both are excluded in the product label I won't buy it. There are so many things in dairy that have carageenan, you would be amazed at that. Here is a link regarding carageenan.
Dr. Wiel MD
drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401181/Is-Carrageenan-Safe.html
Of course this company makes a lot of money by marketing carageenan for meat products.
marcelcarrageenan.com/meat.html
I bought a big 10 pound bag of chicken leg quarters about a year or so back and couldn't figure out why my stomach was hurting me after eating some. I had frozen the rest and when I cooked it, I had the same problem but my husband was fine. Well the brand is country post and carageenan is not listed on the ingredient list at all. Even though it is required to be there on the label. I know it has carageenan, because I called the company directly, right from the grocery store just a couple of weeks ago, and I was told carageenan was an ingredient. I was calling them asking if there was any MSG in the product, but was surprised to hear the carageeen. I asked the man on the phone very point blank. "What does carageenan have to do with raw meat?" "Why would you put that in raw meat?, it's raw meat by golly".
I told him I wouldn't be buying his company's meat because the last time I bought it something hurt my stomach and that is why I was calling, I wanted to understand their not so clear label, now I know what that is. I told him I would be spreading the word every time I am in the store and someone picks up their chicken that isn't properly labeled. We as consumers can make an informed decision on the foods we put into our mouths, if foods are properly labeled and all the unnecessary junk is taken out of it. I informed him I wanted my input to go to the top and I think he was stunned, I thanked him for his time and said goodbye.
I buy Central Market brand uncured bacon, it's not cheap at $5.97 for 12 ounces but when it goes on sale or there is a store coupon I will buy a couple of them to toss in the freezer, I was able to get two for $3.97 each a couple of weeks ago because it was on sale for $4.97 and I had two in-store coupons for $1 off of each package. I don't use much bacon in cooking anyway.
centralmarket.com/departments.aspx#/goods/meat
Product Description
Any way you slice it, our Central Market Bacon is a cut above. It’s made from hogs that are socially raised and given a 100% vegetarian diet. There are never any added hormones or antibiotics added to our bacon, so all you get is 100% pork that’s 100% delicious.
No Nitrates or Nitrites, except for the naturally occurring nitrates in sea salt and celery powder, gluten and casein free.
Pork, Water, Sea Salt, Turbinado Sugar and Celery Powder
Here is a link for more information regarding Carageenan, and there are links within you can follow to the FDA petition page, and there is a buying guide as well.
prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/carrageenan-natural-ingredient-you-should-ban-your-diet
The buying guide is sorely lacking in information on products and more need to be submitted to the list, like the Country Post chicken brand. But I found that Dairy Queen ice cream has carageenan, so I do believe that is why I can't eat it. Every ice cream brand available to me in my grocery stores here are all labeled on the buying guide as to having carageenan. This has to be why I stopped buying ice cream, it just doesn't sit well with me, well it's not good for the diet either, lol. I can only buy one brand of half and half for my husband and that is Land O Lakes and their ingredient list is just milk, my understanding is there is no carageenan in it, and he uses a lot of half and half through the week for his coffee, some items you have to be careful because some of their products have carageenan like the cottage cheese and sour cream. There are many product brands like that. Cream cheese for example, Philadelphia Fat Free cream cheese has carageenan but the regular one does not. Here is another link to a list of foods that have carageenan in them, I wish they could all be added to the same database.
miami-water.com/blog/4589/carrageenan-health-risks-products-list/
And here is the original link I was going to add here regarding the FDA wanting our opinions on crageenan, but there is so much more to it, so I led you down the never ending whirlpool, lol.
food52.com/blog/14822-what-does-natural-mean-and-what-should-it-mean?src=promo_bundle
I hope I didn't just overload everyone, in my area it's hard to come by food that doesn't have carageenan in it and our pocket book pays dearly for it.
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