Just before Lent, the store where we buy a lot of our food brings in a special Polish donut. They are decadent and super yummy.
These donuts, meant to use up all luxurious ingredients in the kitchen, are filled with a variety of fillings. When we have had them in the past, the one we like best was Boston cream.
I salivate at the thought.
Today we were making up a grocery list online and thought we might order a 4 pack of these beauties as a rare indulgence.
But first I thought we might take a look at the ingredient list (shown above).
What a killjoy am I, never mind that these treats come in hard shell plastic that we normally refuse to buy regardless of what's inside.
My favourite from the extensive hard to pronounce ingredient list was titanium dioxide. Ooh, that sounds delicious.
This is what I found on wiki about this food additive:
In 2021, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) ruled that as a consequence of new understandings of nanoparticles, titanium dioxide could "no longer be considered safe as a food additive", and the EU health commissioner announced plans to ban its use across the EU, with discussions beginning in June 2021.
EFSA concluded that genotoxicity—which could lead to carcinogenic effects—could not be ruled out, and that a "safe level for daily intake of the food additive could not be established".
Mmm, nanoparticles. Is it still a "treat" if it harms you?
And who doesn't want to ingest a little propylene glycol mono fatty acid esters with their dessert? I'm pretty sure that wasn't in grannies donuts.
That ingredient list doesn't sound so good, although I know all that stuff tastes great when in a donut. Indeed, that is why a lot of this stuff is in processed foods - to make them taste less like cardboard.
I am sure that eating one or two of these tainted donuts won't kill you, but one would certainly be healthier without them.
I miss my grandma's donuts, which by the way also weren't the healthiest things she made. But I guarantee they DID NOT have nanoparticles in them. Or car engine coolant.
Grannies donuts tasted like the main ingredient was love.
We decided that we are not buying any donuts this time around. Or probably ever again.
Take away: always read the ingredient list before buying any processed food. It will probably change your mind, and possibly encourage you to stock your kitchen with nothing but basic whole food ingredients.
Food should be medicine, not poison.
I couldn't agree with you more on not buying this processed, chemical filled 'food'. Homemade is the way to go!
ReplyDeletePrepare wholesome food, or prepare to be sick. That is what I say.
DeletePolypropolyene glycol makes me feel ill. Wonder why???
ReplyDeleteThey tell us not to let our pets drink it, or it will harm them. But they put it in donuts?
DeleteMmm, Mamére's fried bannock tossed in cinnamon sugar - can't handle either the sugar or the flour, but the memory is sweet.
ReplyDeleteI struggle with this so much. In the 90s my parents kept a lot of “snack” food around. I’ve never been overweight and I feel like I have a good relationship with food. However, the ingredient lists are getting scarier and scarier. My son (14) has a friend in Scotland and I asked him to take a photo of the ingredient list for Pop Tarts. They do, indeed, differ from the American version. They’ve made it very difficult to escape ingesting these chemicals (not impossible, just nearly so). A worker at Wal Mart informed me that he saw the same ingredients on food labels that he saw in the home improvement section…
ReplyDeleteHa, ha! Love what the Walmart worker said. It makes sense to me.
Delete- Gregg