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I did some googling (and have also been reading/watching a lot of Michael Pollan's and Steve Ettlinger's stuff). Also reading whatisthatingredient website... a great source of info. Note this is posted without comment, for information only... in response to the above comment...and is based solely on what I am finding by googling. Originally Posted by ahyessophie
I'd be curious to know what this is made of
According to what I see -- ingredients are:
Water
Soybean oil
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Sweet cream buttermilk
xantham gum - per ehow it is a polysaccharide made of several sugars.... made "by fermenting glucose from corn"
soy lecithin - "a yellowy biproduct of the process of producing soybeans into soybean oil...After Soybeans are pressed to extract the oil, soy lecithin and the beans natural fibers are left. A second pressing can produce the yellowish paste that is soy lecithin or it can be chemically removed from the mash as well."
polysorbate 60 - (Steve Ettlinger) "a gooey mix made of corn, palm oil and petroleum that can't spoil and now replaces dairy products in Twinkies and other processed foods." Known to cause cancer and endocrine disruption.
lactic acid (potassium sorbate) - "a colorless salt manufactured from sorbic acid and potassium hydroxide. Potassium hydroxide predominantly comes from the ashes of wood, neutralized with sorbic acid... to make Potassium hydroxide: Take wood ashes and leach the ashes to make potassium carbonate"
calcium disodium EDTA - Calcium Disodium may sound like a salt, but it is not, the proper name is the EDTA which is short for Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (we will not even try to tell you how to pronounce that). It is made from a concoction of poisons and chelation chemicals.... Calcium Disodium is often used as a drug to stop lead poisoning or to treat someone exposed to radioactivity. It causes your body to expell heavy metals.
sodium benzoate - wisegeek site - "Sodium benzoate is a sodium salt that occurring naturally in some foods, but is also widely used as a chemical preservative. It is used mainly as a food preservative, but is also found in cosmetics, dyes, pharmaceuticals, industrial settings....Besides its use as a preservative in food, sodium benzoate is used in cosmetic products like mouthwash, toothpaste, deodorant, lotion, and shampoo. This is usually done to keep bacteria from growing in the products. It's also used in medicinal syrups, ointments, and pills. Industrially, sodium benzoate acts as a corrosion inhibitor, and is used to keep many different types of metals from rusting. It's commonly used in metal cans containing liquid foods or household cleaners, manufacturing machinery that is exposed to moisture, and in vehicle engines.
artificial flavor - whatisthat ingredient - "A flavor that has been created by a flavor company that contains at least 1 artificial chemical. The US Federal Drug Agnecy does not require that flavor companies disclose ingredients as long as all the ingredients are considered "Generally Regarded as Safe."...A single natural or artificial flavor can contain many different ingredients; e.g. the artficial "strawberry" flavor contains 49 ingredients, most of which are difficult-to-pronounce chemical compounds."
vitamin A palmitate - ehow - "Vitamin A palmitate is a synthetic version of the vitamin A that occurs naturally in animal food sources. It was developed to fortify low-fat and fat-free dairy products, whose natural vitamin A has been stripped away in the fat-removal process. Palmitate originates in palm oil but undergoes so many chemical changes that the result can barely be called a derivative of the oil."
beta carotene - from mayoclinic site - "Beta-carotene is a member of the carotenoids, which are highly pigmented (red, orange, yellow), fat-soluble compounds naturally present in many fruits, grains, oils, and vegetables.... Commercially available beta-carotene is produced synthetically or from palm oil, algae, or fungi."
