Harmful Ingredients

• Some of these ingredients are banned in Europe and other countries around the world, however still allowed by the FDA.
• Especially avoid food coloring with # such as Red #40, etc. Avoid soy, vegetable oil, seed oil products. Seed oils are prominent in fast food. Avoid all fast food restaurants. Avoid petrochemicals, petrolium based ingredients as these don't break down in the human body.
• Check all of your pantry and fridge items for these ingredients and replace them with new items as soon as possible. Some items are harder to find alternatives and some items there aren't any alternatives especially with candies. Stores such as Amazon, Ingles, Lowe's Foods, Publix, Whole Foods, and Sprouts may have healthier alternatives.
• If you come across an ingredient you don't recognize or know to be naturally occurring, it's likely a synthetic or processed additive that may not be beneficial for your health.

Acesulfame Potassium
Added Sugar
Artificial Flavors
Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
Autolyzed Yeast Extract
Azodicarbonamide
BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene)
Bleached Flour
Blue #1
Blue #2
BVO (banned in US in 2024)
Calcium Peroxide
Calcium Propionate
Canola Oil
Caramel Color
Carrageenan
Cellulose
Citric Acid
Corn Oil
Corn Syrup
Cottonseed Oil
DATEM
Dextrose
Diglycerides
Dimethylpolysiloxane
Enriched Flour
Erythritol
Fructose or Fructose Syrup
Gellan Gum
Green #3
Guar Gum
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Hyrdoloyzed Proteins
Hydroxyapatite
Locust Bean Gum
Maltodextrin
Methylparaben
Monoglycerides
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Natural Flavors
Neotame
Palm Oil
Polysorbate 80
Postassium Benzoate
Partially Hydrogenated Oils
Propylene Glycol
Propyl Gallate
Propylparaben
Red #3
Red #40
Saccharin
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Nitrate
Sodium Nitrite
Sodium Phosphate
Soybean Oil
Soy Protein Isolate
Sucralose (Splenda)
Stevia Extract (rebaudioside A or reb A)
Synthetic Vitamins
TBHQ
Titanium Dioxide
Vanillin
Yeast Extract
Yellow #5
Yellow #6