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High Fructose Corn Syrup

Potentially Harmful

Sucrose-sweetened beverages increase fat storage in the liver, muscle, and visceral fat depot: a 6-mo randomized intervention study

Adverse metabolic effects of dietary fructose: results from the recent epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic studies

Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans

Fructose, insulin resistance, and metabolic dyslipidemia

Added Sugar in the Diet

Pub Med - Sugar

Impact of sugar on the body, brain, and behavior

Merriam Webster - Corn Syrup

high-fructose corn syrup

Monocalcium Phosphate

Relations of serum phosphorus and calcium levels to the incidence of cardiovascular disease in the community

Increasing dietary phosphorus intake from food additives: potential for negative impact on bone health

High dietary phosphorus intake is associated with all-cause mortality: results from NHANES III1,2,3

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride.

Understanding sources of dietary phosphorus in the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease

Artificial Flavor

https://www.ewg.org/foodscores/content/natural-vs-artificial-flavors/

Synthetic ingredients in Natural Flavors and Natural Flavors in Artificial flavors

Toxicity of synthetic flavorings, nature identical and artificial, to hematopoietic tissue cells of rodents

Assessment of Grape, Plum and Orange Synthetic Food Flavourings Using in vivo Acute Toxicity Tests

The GRAS provision - The FEMA GRAS program and the safety and regulation of flavors in the United States

We are what we eat: Regulatory gaps in the United States that put our health at risk

Food-Induced Anaphylaxis: Role of Hidden Allergens and Cofactors

SITM - Harvard University - Vanillin

The Flavor Rundown: Natural vs. Artificial Flavors

Sodium Benzoate

https://www.fda.gov/food/chemicals/questions-and-answers-occurrence-benzene-soft-drinks-and-other-beverages

Questions and Answers on the Occurrence of Benzene in Soft Drinks and Other Beverages

Food additives: Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, azorubine, and tartrazine modify the expression of NFκB, GADD45α, and MAPK8 genes

Sodium benzoate-rich beverage consumption is associated with increased reporting of ADHD symptoms in college students: a pilot investigation

The role of histamine degradation gene polymorphisms in moderating the effects of food additives on children's ADHD symptoms

Protective role of catechin and quercetin in sodium benzoate-induced lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant system in human erythrocytes in vitro

Sodium benzoate-induced repeated episodes of acute urticaria/angio-oedema: randomized controlled trial

Sodium Sulfite

Sulfites inhibit the growth of four species of beneficial gut bacteria at concentrations regarded as safe for food

Sulfite Sensitivity

Soybean Oil

https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/161/2/bqz044/5698148

Dysregulation of Hypothalamic Gene Expression and the Oxytocinergic System by Soybean Oil Diets in Male Mice 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200117080827.htm

America's most widely consumed oil causes genetic changes in the brain

Health implications of high dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated Fatty acids

An Increase in the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio Increases the Risk for Obesity

Healthy intakes of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids: estimations considering worldwide diversity

Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)

FOOD INDUSTRY - SOLVENTS FOR EXTRACTING VEGETABLE OILS

Calcium Propionate

Pub Med - Effects of 3300 del A-1061 Ter BRCA1 frameshift mutation and calcium propionate on oxidative stress and breast carcinogenesis

Effects of 3300 del A-1061 Ter BRCA1 frameshift mutation and calcium propionate on oxidative stress and breast carcinogenesis

Pub Med - Controlled trial of cumulative behavioural effects of a common bread preservative

Controlled trial of cumulative behavioural effects of a common bread preservative

Pub Med - The short-chain fatty acid propionate increases glucagon and FABP4 production, impairing insulin action in mice and humans

The short-chain fatty acid propionate increases glucagon and FABP4 production, impairing insulin action in mice and humans

Harvard Health - Food Ingredients Under the Microscope 

Food ingredients under the microscope

Red 40

Artificial Food Colors and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms: Conclusions to Dye for

Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risk

Mechanisms of behavioral, atopic, and other reactions to artificial food colors in children

Color Additives Questions and Answers for Consumers

Blue 1

Color Additives History

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MARGARINE (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), SUGAR, WATER, CHERRIES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CORN SYRUP, APPLES, GELLAN GUM, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE MONOHYDRATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM SULFITE (PRESERVATIVES), L-CYSTEINE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, RED 40, BLUE 1.

Natural Flavor

Questionable

Enriched Flour

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ENRICHMENT OF FLOUR AND BREAD

Intake of whole grains, refined grains, and cereal fiber measured with 7-d diet records and associations with risk factors for chronic disease1–3

Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar

Barley Malt Syrup

Drinkipedia: Barley Malt Extract 

Diglycerides

Re-evaluation of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as food additives

Soy Lecithin

Update on vegetable lecithin and phospholipid technologies

Identification of IgE-Binding Proteins in Soy Lecithin

Traceability of genetically modified Roundup Ready soybean: A case study on sampling and analytical uncertainty along processing chain

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

CHERRY TURNOVER

Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes

Ingredients