Supermarket bread contains harmful ingredients
Brian | 25.07.2005 12:14
I have been shocked to learn that bread, a staple ingredient of our daily diet, contains an ingredient described by the FSA as harmful.
I recently wrote to Sainsburys and Tescos to ask them if they sold any real bread (i.e. water, yeast, flour and salt). They do not.
Sainsburys replied that;
“We do not currently sell any standard bread loaves made from just flour, water, salt and yeast…[and] at present our sliced bread range does contain hydrogenated fat.”
On the Food Standard Agency website this is what they have to say about hydrogenated fat;
“The trans fats found in food containing hydrogenated vegetable oil are harmful and have no known nutritional benefits. They raise the type of cholesterol in the blood that increases the risk of coronary heart disease. Some evidence suggests that the effects of these trans fats may be worse than saturated fats.”
If you want to buy real, unadulterated bread that is not harmful to your health, why not contact your local supermarket and ask them why they are not selling it?
Brian
Leeds
Sainsburys replied that;
“We do not currently sell any standard bread loaves made from just flour, water, salt and yeast…[and] at present our sliced bread range does contain hydrogenated fat.”
On the Food Standard Agency website this is what they have to say about hydrogenated fat;
“The trans fats found in food containing hydrogenated vegetable oil are harmful and have no known nutritional benefits. They raise the type of cholesterol in the blood that increases the risk of coronary heart disease. Some evidence suggests that the effects of these trans fats may be worse than saturated fats.”
If you want to buy real, unadulterated bread that is not harmful to your health, why not contact your local supermarket and ask them why they are not selling it?
Brian
Leeds
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