Artificial Strawberry Flavor: 49 Killer Ingredients

As a follow up to my last post, some of you asked for a practical example of how the GRAS standards could affect you. When you read something simple on a food label, like artificial strawberry flavoring, you may be thinking, “oh, it’s only the one little thing that may not be that good for me.” The problem with this is that the one “ingredient” may consist of items that fall under GRAS.

There is a popular fast food chain that has strawberry milkshakes. If you read the ingredients for their shake, you will see artificial strawberry flavoring. If your wondering what you are getting with that shake, here is your list:

• amyl acetate,
• amyl butyrate,
• amyl valerate,
• anethol,
• anisyl formate,
• benzyl acetate,
• benzyl isobutyrate,
• butyric acid,
• cinnamyl isobutyrate,
• cinnamyl valerate,
• cognac essential oil,
• diacetyl,
• dipropyl ketone,
• ethyl acetate,
• ethyl amyl ketone,
• ethyl butyrate,
• ethyl cinnamate,
• ethyl heptanoate,
• ethyl heptylate,
• ethyl lactate,
• ethyl methylphenylglycidate,
• ethyl nitrate,
• ethyl propionate,
• ethyl valerate,
• heliotropin,
• hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol),
• a-ionone,
• isobutyl anthranilate,
• isobutyl butyrate,
• lemon essential oil,
• maltol,
• 4-methylacetophenone,
• methyl anthranilate,
• methyl benzoate,
• methyl cinnamate,
• methyl heptine carbonate,
• methyl naphthyl ketone,
• methyl salicylate,
• mint essential oil,
• neroli essential oil,
• nerolin,
• neryl isobutyrate,
• orris butter,
• phenethyl alcohol,
• rose,
• rum ether,
• g-undecalactone,
• vanillin, and
• solvent.

That’s 49 ingredients for the price of 1…WHAT A DEAL!!!!

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