Turmoil in the Trolley
The purpose of food additives has greatly
changed since our grandparents day. Back then
we fermented, cured, salted, and smoked our
food, simply as a matter of survival. What was
once needed for food preservation is now more
about improving taste, texture, aesthetics, and
longevity. Sadly the food industry is about making
profit as much as it is about making food.
Thousands of chemicals have been poured into our food supply in the last 50yrs without knowing just how
these additives will affect us long term. On top of those going directly into our food, many indirect additives
will also be used in the process. Machinery may require chemicals to move the food along on the process/
conveyer belt and even though that gets on your food it isn’t required to be labelled. Then there are methods of
transportation and storage that may involve gases and the irradiation of foods for ‘quality’.
FOOD AS
MEDICINE
T