Ingredients to Avoid | Food

These are ingredients commonly found in food. When it comes to what I eat, I focus on keeping things as close to real, whole foods as possible. The food industry can feel overwhelming, so the goal isn’t perfection... just doing the best you can with what you know.
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All about umbrella terms on a label ➡️ HERE
Why I try to shop the outside perimeter of the grocery store ➡️ HERE

I choose organic whenever I can to help reduce pesticide exposure.

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Ingredients I Avoid in Food

  • Antibiotics
  • Artificial Colors / Dyes (see more ➡️ HERE, HERE, HERE)
  • Artificial Flavors
  • Artificial Sweeteners
  • Aspartame
  • Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K)
  • Autolyzed Yeast Extract
  • Azodicarbonamide (ADA)
  • BHA & BHT
  • Bisphenol A (BPA) (commonly found in packaging)
  • Bixin
  • Bioengineered Food Ingredients (GMOs)
  • Bleached Flour
  • Blue 1
  • Brominated Vegetable Oil
  • Brown HT
  • Butane
  • Calcium Peroxide
  • Calcium Propionate
  • Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil)
  • Caramel Color
  • Carrageenan
  • Cellulose
  • Citric Acid (if synthetic or mold-derived ➡️ see more HERE & HERE)
  • Cottonseed Oil
  • Corn Syrup
  • Cyclodextrin
  • DATEM
  • Dextrin
  • Dextrose
  • Diglycerides
  • Dimethylpolysiloxane
  • Disodium Inosinate
  • Disodium Guanylate
  • Enriched Flour
  • Fructose
  • Glutamate
  • Guar Gum
  • High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Hydrogenated Starch
  • Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
  • Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
  • Locust Bean Gum
  • Magnesium Sulfate
  • Malic Acid
  • Maltodextrin
  • Methylcellulose
  • Methylparaben
  • Microplastics (not listed—limit plastic contact when possible)
  • Modified Food Starch
  • Mono & Diglycerides
  • Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
  • Nanotechnology (not disclosed on labels; requires contacting the company)
  • Natural Flavors (when not disclosed)
  • Natamycin
  • Neotame
  • Norbixin
  • Olestra
  • Partially Hydrogenated Oils
  • Polysorbate 20, 60, 80
  • Potassium Benzoate
  • Potassium Bromate
  • Powdered Cellulose
  • Processed Salt
  • Processed Stevia (not whole leaf)
  • Propyl Gallate
  • Propylene Glycol
  • Propylparaben
  • Protein Isolate
  • TBHQ
  • Red 3 & Red 40
  • Refined Vegetable Oils
  • Saccharin
  • Safflower Oil
  • Seed Oils (see more HERE)
  • Sodium Benzoate (see more HERE)
  • Sodium Nitrate
  • Sodium Phosphate
  • Sodium Sulfites
  • Soybean Oil
  • Soy Isolates
  • Soy Lecithin
  • Soy Protein Isolate
  • Stearic Acid
  • Sucralose (Splenda)
  • Sunflower Oil
  • Synthetic Vitamins
  • Tert-Butylhydroquinone
  • Titanium Dioxide (see more HERE)
  • Trehalose
  • Triglycerides
  • Vegetable Oil
  • Xanthan Gum
  • Yeast Extract
  • Yellow 5 & Yellow 6

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