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[breezer]

This post is saf to popl who ar alrgic to crtain foodstuffs. why?

 

[Thermo]

no es in it

 

[breezer]

you are too quick.

yes thats the answer

 

[notb665]

What has the letter e got to do with food allergies?

 

[megawatt]

when combined with any of 0123456789 (or permutations of) it can produce an allergic reaction or make children behave in an erratic way

 

[megawatt]

I suppose you could argue that children ALWAYS behave in an erratic way though so it could be hard to tell the difference

 

[breezer]

What has the letter e got to do with food allergies?

people, in particular kids can be alergic / hyperactive if they ingest too many / wrong ones

e's

look at a bottle of or can of (food stuff, mixed not for example a tin of tuna) it has stuff in it called e.

it saves thenm putting the whole big word so they call it for example
E141 = Copper complexes of chlorophyll and chlorophyllins (what ever that is)

e175 is a good one, its GOLD

best one is

E472f = Mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

I suppose you could argue that children ALWAYS behave in an erratic way though so it could be hard to tell the difference

it has been proven some really can make kids hyper active

 

[Rob]

Wait a minute!! fizzy drinks and sweets makes kids hyper??

That i didnt know and am gratefull that thousands of our tax money was spent researching it. Especially as they're all going to be banned

 

[megawatt]

Kids are going to be banned?

 

[ninebob]

Kids are going to be banned?

would be nice

 

[bernardgreen]

Kids are going to be banned?

would be nice

Not if it is yet another Boy Band

 

[BoxBasher]

A lot of ingredients have an E number assigned to them, it's only certain ones that cause hyperactivity (like sunset yellow).

I still think it's all an excuse for poorly disciplined children (I said disciplined not beaten ).

 

[billyo]

e -by -gum that humour is funny A

 

[securespark]

A lot of ingredients have an E number assigned to them, it's only certain ones that cause hyperactivity (like sunset yellow).

Speaking as a qualified food scientist, I can confidently say that sunset yellow is indeed in the frame (E110) & tartrazine too (E102).

Also identified are E122 (carmoisine) and E124 (Ponceau 4R).

They are all azo dyes, usually made from coal tars, and some have been banned by Norway & other countries, but bans in certain countries were later lifted by an EC council directive.

Along with Sodium Benzoate (E211), the above have all been recently identified as causing behavioural problems in children.

Another nasty trait of E211 is that it is a salt of benzoic acid & may, in combination with Ascorbic Acid (Vit.C or E300), form benzene, which is known to be carcinogenic.

Lovely.

The funny thing is, when I was in the food industry in the early to late 80's, we knew the effects of the above chemicals then. Hence the later campaign to remove "artificials" from food, especially kid's food & drink.

So why has it crept back in? And why is this recent research being hailed as something new?

 

[vokera80e]

there's only one letter kids get hyper with,and that's the "c" word....





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