Are Artificial Dyes Lurking in Your Favorite Chips?

Are artificial dyes lurking in your favorite chips?

Whether it was ranch or nacho cheese flavor, these were a family favorite.

The UK requires a warning label “𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻.” when artificial colors are used (1).

These dyes have a negative impact on your child’s ability to learn.

For starters, Red 40, this man made chemical is derived from petroleum (it’s a crude oil product used in gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, and tar).

Red 40 also contains p-Cresidine, which is “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen”.

Your dollar has great powers when it comes to this!

Our FDA is asleep at the wheel, greed has won. In fact, many of these companies already make better products for other countries. Using the cheap, chemical filled alternatives on us. There are better alternatives out there.

One brand we swap to often is Siete as they offer many dye + gluten free options.

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1. UK warning labels

2. Food dyes linked to childhood behaviour - epa study

3. Cspinet

4. Pubmed

5. Eat This