Read the label!!

As consumers, we must protect ourselves. There is so much listed on labels that we cannot even pronounce never mind figure out what it is. For instance, the word silica tells us there is sand in the ingredients. Colored yogurt has ground up beetles that have been used for centuries but do you know what Cochineal is??What about L-cysteine in your bread? That is ground up human hair or feathers!! Castoreum in ice cream is from the anal gland of a beaver, I kid you not….
So what can you do? READ the label. The first ingredient is the most important. And if you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it, it probably is something you wouldn’t want to eat!