Mass Produced Food

SCD at it's core is about making all the food yourself, this is the safest and most nutritious way to heal. Eating any mass produced food comes with risk.

With gluten free and the paleo diet becoming more and more mainstream there has been a flood of mass produced food being marketed as "healthy", free of additives and preservatives, using only "natural" ingredients. Many of these items look SCD legal but can you really tell for sure by just reading the ingredients? Unfortunately FDA food labeling laws do not protect us from hidden ingredients. Processing aids do not have be listed which means all sorts of things could be in the prepacked food. "Natural flavors" are huge red flags and could me just about anything.

But if you are still determined to buy that mass produced food and want to contact the company to see if it truly SCD legal that is up to you. Here is a template letter you can use which has what questions you need to ask. But after you get that letter there is nothing stopping the food manufacture from changing their ingredients or manufacturing process.

Not too many SCD online resources want to deal with the hassle of keep track of what is legal and what isn't. Something legal today could be illegal tomorrow. There is an archive of letters here: SCD Yahoo group letters.

There is a list of SCD legal prepared food in the Online Shopping page, which specialize in SCD food.

The following links go into further detail on mass produced foods and the risks associated with them.

• Actual FDA Food labeling Laws

• Info about food labels

• Actual FDA food labeling laws-Processing Aides

• Processing aids in manufactured food.

• Inside the food industry

  • An example of a misleading label-Hard Cider

• Gut Harmony: Food additives and diet therapies – the problem with food labels

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