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Posted 7/25/2013 9:56 AM (GMT 0)
What will they think of next,Paleo anyone.

Old Mike

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Posted 7/25/2013 10:00 AM (GMT 0)
Yuck, glad I don't eat Dannon. Makes you wonder what else in our every day foods.
Posted 7/25/2013 11:28 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you for sharing this. I will stay away from every pink colored yogurt now. Thankfully I only had the plain yogurt from Dannon.
Posted 7/25/2013 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
You really have to ask yourself is it worth opening any container these days and eating what was manufactured in it? We have come to accept so many crazy things and to think we are talking about food.

WHOLE FOODS! is the answer...

Even then you have to be careful...

I often wonder how may of us are sensitive to corn. It seems corn is in everything and is even what is feed to just about every animal that we eat.. We certainly are becoming "Corn" people...I was reading how corn is one of the foods that can cause a delayed sensitivity and therefore inflammation.

I go to see my ND for my results on my IGG testing next Tuesday the 30th. I am hoping to have some life altering info from it. I have a feeling I will be eliminating alot of other foods in the near future. I told my ND that I am hoping she is right when she said to me "I will be willing to bet anything you have food sensitivities and is why you have your problems". she said this as I was leaving her office over 2 weeks ago when she drew the blood sample to have tested for IGG.

Fingers crossed..
Posted 7/25/2013 1:26 PM (GMT 0)
Frankly I don't understand what the problem is from using natural coloring that is extracted from insects. Where do you guys think coloring comes from? All of the coloring used for millenia in our clothing, art and even food comes from nature. Sometimes that's plants, sometimes it's insects. Seriously.
Posted 7/25/2013 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
good thing i've never eaten dannon. nevermind the insects, look at all the sugar & other crap that they put in their yogurt.
Posted 7/25/2013 3:04 PM (GMT 0)
No doubt sweetened yogurts of all brands are way overloaded on sugar. There's more sugar in some of these yogurts than in ice cream. We stopped eating sweetened yogurt at home many years ago and now just get the low-fat or non-fat plain and flavor it at home to our own tastes.
Posted 7/25/2013 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
I'd rather eat dye from bugs too, than artificial Red #40 or whatever... the USA is basically the last first world country that is till using artificial food dyes. Those are some NASTY things, so many proven links to things like ADHD, etc. But of course, big companies win out over the little people all the time. Dannon yogurt though... I tend to stick with organic plain yogurt, & just mix in granola, or fruit, or whatever. Once you lose the taste for sweetend yogurts, it's amazing how sickly sweet they really are.

Posted 7/25/2013 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
+1 to Kazbern and Eva Lou,
There is nothing wrong iin getting dyes from insects. And this is no news anyways. Starbucks was using the same dye but stopped after public outcry.

You have to ask yourself, what do you want, really NATURAL or so called natural derived from petrochemicals?
Posted 7/25/2013 4:46 PM (GMT 0)
That dye has been around since I was a kid...it can be responsible for allergic reactions, at least that was what I remember from then.

Natural doesn't mean it's good, especially with those who have allergies to fruit?  Smarties changed their dyes a while ago...don't taste so good anymore..lol.

q
Posted 7/25/2013 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Bugs and bug dye are in virtually all processed foods/beverages...it's disgusting, even though they say it's safe, I doubt it.
Posted 7/25/2013 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
Natural doesn't mean it's good, especially with those who have allergies to fruit? Smarties changed their dyes a while ago...don't taste so good anymore..lol.

Quincy you are so right. The chocolate's worse, as well. Between that and the 'healthier' dyes, smarties aren't worth eating anymore.

+1 to kazbern and Eva Lou as well. Literally what I was thinking. I avoid eating Dannon yoghurts because they're rubbish, not because of a dye made from insects. I eat animals and fish, so I'm not going to abstain from eating the crushed remains of insects on moral grounds.

Fage greek yoghurt with lemon curd, honey or granola is the best kind. Occasionally I layer strawberry jam, yoghurt and granola - like what they serve in coffee shops, but better.
Posted 7/25/2013 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
Ah NCoT hear hear on Fage- I am an addict. Lost my tolerance if all dairy including yogurt when I still had my colon but like most foods, I can now enjoy it with abandon again and I go foe the full fat plain stuff in all its glory. I like to nuke a banana and then mix it with Fage. In general, fruit and flavoring should be added at the time of eating- processed stuff that is preflavored of course requires all sorts of horrible junk to keep the mix from liquifying.
Posted 7/26/2013 4:57 AM (GMT 0)
Ugh! So glad I quit Dannon decades ago. It usually gave me D, except for a flavor called "prune whip". But it's really outrageous that they put bug dye in Activia when they are marketing it to people with digestive disorders & doctors, too. / Old Hat (32 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
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