Some of the most popular products that Americans eat every day from Skittles and bread to coffee creamer are banned in counties overseas. FOX13 Investigates what s in our food.
kids school who is just adamant about don t serve the bright yellow the bright orange cheeses. there s a dye in there that probably is not good for your kids. i don t know the science behind that but there are a lot of moms who just say i m going to rule it out. what s the harm in ruling it out. growing up i ate mac and cheese every day. for lunch. really? i did. and i can hear a lot of people saying look at alina cho she doesn t look hyperactive. i don t know about that. they re probably saying look at alina cho that s the reason we shouldn t be eating this. that is not true. but you bring up a really good point, as a parent you can decide the science isn t conclusive, i m just not going to give it to my kids. i grew up with it and i m fine. i m going to give it. this is a great empowered parent moment. you get to make the decision. sometimes before the fda decides something shouldn t be used it s the marketplace. parents who are buying things that are sort of demandi
beloved tv series is going to join us. he s going to talk about veronica mars, about the business. that s going to be fun. what s interesting about that is the wall street and the l.a. out of the moving making business. fans produce their own movies. talk about david versus goliath. two moms taking on food giant kraft. they started a petition online calling on kraft to remove two ingredients from its mac and cheese. now more than 220,000 people have signed on asking kraft to take out the artificial coloring called yellow 5 and yellow 6. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, good morning. these ingredients are just cosmetic. but what was so interesting to me, you put them side by side with them without that artificial coloring and it basically still looks the same. doesn t it? well, i think it probably can look a little bit different. and i ll tell you this color that you get from these dyes that are become so controversial. the blight yello
we re hoping your saturday is off to a great start. before you make your breakfast, listen to this. ingredients and food we just love are banned in other countries because of how dangerous they are for our bodies. yeah. so what are we going to do about this. ask the authors of rich food, poor food dr. jason and certified mirra. good morning. the first thing you talk about is counterfeit colors. because there is artificial color in just about everything. absolutely. five of them that are wanted in other countries sms red 40. blue 1, blue 2. yellow 5 and yellow 6. they are banned because carcinogenic. make your genes. all the things we highlight do not contain any artificial. if they turn your tongue blue bad for your body. absolutely. you don t want to get. i eat a lot of that jell-o. the kids eat jell-o that s the problem. their little guys can t handle so much artificial color. what about these chips? i knew this had to be too good