2024-09-19 19:04:09
The labeling of foods made with flavorings does not require the consumer to have the necessary information of the products in them, which is why consumers continue to use countless processed foods bought in supermarkets. that includes them in the ingredients list in small print.
Every user should already know that all drinks with sugar, whether they come with the “Zero” badge, have all the sweeteners as a sweetener and the rest of the drinks without “zero” also have a mixture of sugar and additional flavors.
Also, the labeling doesn’t help because they don’t say they are Zero and that they “have flavors” in large quantities or visible to the customer.
In this case we will talk about 2 drinks that can be “classified” between healthy drinks that are outside of these sweet carbonated drinks that we all think and that the consumer can buy thinking that they have only “natural” ingredient.
Two of these drinks are:
Don Simon’s Light Lemonade
This lemonade contains lemon juice, contains sugar but also contains sucralose sweetener (E-955). In the case of Mercadona we have this option that has flavors and their pet lemonade that… also has all the flavors.
Another drink will be
Oat drink with sweeteners
We are talking about the Oatmeal and Chocolate Drink that tells us in a big way “no added sugars”, but what it doesn’t say at first glance is that “it has Sweeteners”. Among its ingredients it tells us in small print that it has Sweeteners, in this case Acesulfame K and Sucralose. One might think that they have this option for diabetic customers but they don’t give the user another option, it’s the only drink they have, like the lemonade option. Not even an option with or without sugar (literally) and an option with sweeteners. The consumer who buys these products thinking they are “healthy” has this serious health disadvantage.
The sweeteners Acesulfame K and Sucralose, like many chemical ingredients, often tell us that they do not harm health as long as they are taken in small amounts. The problem with all this is that all products found in supermarkets labeled as “Zero”, “Light”, or simply “without sugar” are full of sweeteners. In conclusion, if you drink lemonade every day, eat this oatmeal drink for breakfast, eat dairy desserts without sugar (but with sweeteners) etc., a long list of products… you end up consuming this ingredient unnecessarily. unless you have. a serious problem with sugar.
As we said, they are small amounts in each product, but can anyone tell us what can happen to us if we eat all foods with sweeteners every day?
Sucralose is one of the least harmful sweeteners according to most studies, but studies show that high doses can cause a small disturbance in our immune system and lose the effectiveness of the T cells that help our body to protect yourself from infections, for example to fight cancer cells.
Acesulfame K, the same thing happens, they describe it as “safe”, but its high potency can cause changes in the intestinal microbiome (reduction in our immune system) and therefore similar effects to the previous one.
Two examples of “healthy” products whose fine print says otherwise.
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