Maraschino cherries are awesome for Shirley Temples, but I had no idea how they were made. Basically, they start out pretty standard. They grow on cherry trees and are harvested. After harvesting, they get packed into a chemical brine. The brine strips the color from the cherries, so they are then mixed with corn syrup Read More >>
What’s In My Food – Boxed Macaroni and Cheese
We rarely buy it BUT, every once in a while my daughter {who eats healthy about 95% of the time} asks for boxed Macaroni and Cheese. So I’ll pick some up. I figure the RARE times she indulges in it are not really worth worrying about. The most standard boxed macaroni and cheese in the Read More >>
What’s In My Food? – Commercially Made Ice Cream
Update: I found this quote on the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream site: “Castoreum is not an ingredient that we use in our ice cream, we use solely pure vanilla extract, but we appreciate you contacting us regarding this issue.” Sweet diggety! I can continue to eat Chunky Monkey. 🙂 Holy Canolies, guess what else might Read More >>
What’s In My Food – Commercial Bread
I don’t know if you have heard the latest buzz around Subway’s plans to remove a compound from their bread that is also found in yoga mats? It comes after the Environmental Working Group found azodicarbonamide was an ingredient in almost 500 food products. Turns out, the compound, is found in lots of commercial baked Read More >>
What’s In My Food – How Commercial Milk is Made
I know I’ve asked before, but do you buy raw, local or commercial dairy? This year we are getting our milk delivered from a local dairy. After going back and forth about it for awhile, we decided we’d rather pay a little more for our milk, and know where it is coming from. The thing Read More >>