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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

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

Caramel Color

Food caramels: a review

Caramel Color in Soft Drinks and Exposure to 4-Methylimidazole: A Quantitative Risk Assessment

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NONFAT MILK, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, PALM OIL, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), LESS THAN 2% OF: DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SALT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, WATER, MOLASSES, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR.

Sodium Phosphate

Questionable

https://www.healthline.com/health/sodium-phosphate#uses-in-food

https://www.ewg.org/foodscores/ingredients/7347-SodiumPhosphates/

Overall Sodium Phosphates is of moderate concern in food

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

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

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

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

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

Natural Flavor

Diglycerides

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

Corn Syrup

11 Reasons Too Much Sugar is Bad for You

Palm Oil

Palm olein increases plasma cholesterol moderately compared with olive oil in healthy individuals

FOOD INDUSTRY - SOLVENTS FOR EXTRACTING VEGETABLE OILS

Palm Oil Industry and Human Rights

Secondary forests offset less than 10% of deforestation-mediated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon

Molasses

Added sugars drive coronary heart disease via insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia: a new paradigm

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

SWEET LAVA CARAMEL DIP

Dips & Salsa

Ingredients