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Javaman

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37. Many of the same ingredient are used in a twinkie. Read this book

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:34 PM

Mar 2013

and be shocked into never eating processed or packaged again.

Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats

http://www.amazon.com/Twinkie-Deconstructed-Ingredients-Processed-Manipulated/dp/0452289289/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362771088&sr=1-1&keywords=deconstructing+the+twinkie

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Kraft Macaroni and Cheese ingredients called into question by concerned Moms [View all] Redfairen Mar 2013 OP

Thanks for the info Rabid_Rabbit Mar 2013 #1

Which studies have linked those dyes to cancer?...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #2

Here's a link. Redfairen Mar 2013 #5

No! My ears can't hear this!! Myrina Mar 2013 #3

I know. HappyMe Mar 2013 #7

they changed the macaroni several years ago Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2013 #11

Mine, too! Petrushka Mar 2013 #12

I don't think we are eating tuna any more. I can't stand the stuff I am buying juajen Mar 2013 #73

Uh-oh Aerows Mar 2013 #76

go to www.fda.gov marybourg Mar 2013 #77

Here's a link about the recall . . . NOW including Chicken-of-the-Sea tuna ---> Petrushka Mar 2013 #82

:( I had to toss my Chicken of the Sea Aerows Mar 2013 #84

Good that you found it . . . hope you didn't have to toss more than one can! Petrushka Mar 2013 #85

Does it taste the same to you? The current version seems more bitter than I recall as a kid... Romulox Mar 2013 #18

Strange taste? For me ChazII Mar 2013 #20

No, it doesn't ... and I used to buy the 'additional cheese' too ... Myrina Mar 2013 #22

That was my first thought too. Jamastiene Mar 2013 #19

Have you tried Annie's mac 'n' cheese? subterranean Mar 2013 #29

Yes I have! and this is what I buy for my two grandchildren Samantha Mar 2013 #30

That's what I get. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #32

My husband makes great Mac and Cheese HockeyMom Mar 2013 #4

that's right, and control fat, too NJCher Mar 2013 #8

Not to mention the salt! Phentex Mar 2013 #15

No, but maybe they're concerned about kids other than their own. subterranean Mar 2013 #34

Sharp brick cheddar and crushed plum tomatoes HockeyMom Mar 2013 #40

Homemade is a billion times better Auggie Mar 2013 #52

I make my own and it tastes better. Fawke Em Mar 2013 #6

Mutant Corporate Foodlike Substance sucks Berlum Mar 2013 #9

Annie's makes a "blue box" version that tastes similar enough to Kraft to fool the kiddo. Robb Mar 2013 #10

I used to eat the Annie's version when I ate cheese. TM99 Mar 2013 #13

I've tried it... pipi_k Mar 2013 #17

Old article ---> "Kraft looks to replace artificial yellow 5 and 6 in macaroni and cheese" Petrushka Mar 2013 #14

Homemade Mac & Cheese marias23 Mar 2013 #16

I make a gluten free, to die for, Mac and cheese. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #21

Please share! BrotherIvan Mar 2013 #24

First find quinoa noodles nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #39

Try adding dry mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika to your base REP Mar 2013 #44

I will... nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #45

TJ's has rice pasta; don't know if that's appropriate for Celiacs REP Mar 2013 #46

Rice pasta falls apart nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #47

So ... appropriate on one level, but not on another :-) REP Mar 2013 #48

Exactly. It took some trial and error to find it nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #49

I have tried the quinoa and quinoa and organic corn BrotherIvan Mar 2013 #55

Oh you welcome nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #56

There are also wonderful buckwheat (it's not wheat) marybourg Mar 2013 #78

Make it for me! Iggo Mar 2013 #25

There is something about yellow dye #5 that makes me madmom Mar 2013 #23

Yes, Yellow #5 is known to cause hypersensitivity in some people. nt subterranean Mar 2013 #35

Yes and it's in everything from food to shampoo and make up. madmom Mar 2013 #36

Message auto-removed lilia moon Mar 2013 #42

Gee, what did I miss? madmom Mar 2013 #43

From my cold dead hands Prism Mar 2013 #26

ever try Trader Joe's mac and cheese? BainsBane Mar 2013 #60

I haven't! Prism Mar 2013 #69

I mean the frozen kind BainsBane Mar 2013 #70

I'll give it a whirl and let you know =) n/t Prism Mar 2013 #72

My husband loves it with Puglover Mar 2013 #79

I'm a strict originalist Prism Mar 2013 #80

Beta-carotene has also exhibited carcinogenic properties in higher doses. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #27

yikes, i lived on that for a couple decades. here's how it evolved into something much healthier: unblock Mar 2013 #28

excellent post/advice NJCher Mar 2013 #66

I'm sorry. Maybe that is good, but it is not comparable to our comfort food. juajen Mar 2013 #74

that's why i made small incremental changes. unblock Mar 2013 #81

question for those who make mac&cheese from scratch: what's a good, healthy emulsifier? unblock Mar 2013 #31

I make a white sauce using potato starch. After that is cooked I add the cheese and nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #50

I make a béchamel sauce and pour it over the cassarole before I bake it. longship Mar 2013 #59

We are doing almost the same nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #61

My mother would make a carrot salad with Mac n' Cheese. longship Mar 2013 #62

It is tasty nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #64

cool, thanks! unblock Mar 2013 #63

Make it as a white sauce, aka bechamel sauce muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #65

Flour-based cheese sauce works well, but even better is sour salt. sir pball Mar 2013 #71

They could always stop feeding this poison to their kids. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #33

Many of the same ingredient are used in a twinkie. Read this book Javaman Mar 2013 #37

Have some Cheetos -- yellow No 6. FarCenter Mar 2013 #38

Message auto-removed lilia moon Mar 2013 #41

I bought a box of Betty Crocker Macaroni and Cheese. RebelOne Mar 2013 #51

Don't mess with my Kraft M&C. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #53

Somehow I thought that this was going to be about... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #54

I'm not surprised. Watch out for those heavily processed foods. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #57

Trader Joe's Mac and Cheese is awesome BainsBane Mar 2013 #58

this has been a great thread NJCher Mar 2013 #67

having a kid who essentially lives on M+C. I'd second the recommendations for Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #68

artificial food dyes need to stop. n/t moxie.lu Mar 2013 #75

I guess I should either be dead, yellow, or mutated somehow. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #83