Never Ever List

As a mom, finding products that are safe and healthy for my children is extremely important.  I used to have to learn how to pronounce ingredients and research if they were safe or harmful.  Epicure has made it easy and provides a list of harmful ingredients you’ll never find their products.  They call it their NEVER EVER LIST.

THE NEVER EVER LIST

• Acesulfame-K (acesulfame potassium)
• Acetic acid (synthetic only)
• Acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
• Adipic acid
• Ammonium chloride
• Artificial colours
• Artificial flavours
• Artificial sweeteners
• Aspartame
• Azodicarbonamide
• Benzoates (sodium and potassium)
• Benzoyl peroxide
• BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
• BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
• Bleached flour
• Brazzein
• Bromated flour
• Brominated vegetable oil (BVO)
• Calcium bromate
• Calcium citrate
• Calcium disodium EDTA
• Calcium peroxide
• Calcium propionate
• Calcium saccharin
• Calcium sorbate
• Calcium stearoyl lactylate
• Caprenin (caprocaprylobehenin)
• Caramel colour
• Carmine
• Carnauba wax
• Citric acid (synthetic only)
• Corn maltodextrin
• Corn syrup (glucose syrup)
• Cyclamates
• Cysteine (L-cysteine) as an additive in bread products
• DATEM (diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono- and diglycerides)
• Dimethylpolysiloxane (dimethicone)
• Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)
• Disodium calcium EDTA
• Disodium dihydrogen EDTA
• Disodium guanylate
• Disodium inosinate
• Disodium pyrophosphate (sodium acid pyrophosphate)
• EDTA (ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid)
• Ethylvanillin
• Ferrous gluconate
• Fructose
• Fumaric acid
• Glucose syrup
• Gluten
• Guanylates (GMP)
• Heptyl paraben
• Hexa-, hepta-, and octaesters of sucrose
• High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
• Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil
• Hydrolysate of saccharides (glucose syrups)
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
• Hydrolyzed whey protein
• Hydrolyzed yeast extract
• Inosine monophosphate (IMP)
• Irradiated ingredients
• Lactylated esters of mono- and di-glycerides
• Methyl silicon
• Methylparaben (except where naturally occurring)
• Microparticularized whey
• Monatin
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG) (except where naturally occurring)
• Mogrosides
• Natamycin
• Neotame
• Peanuts
• Phosphate additives (except where naturally occurring)
• Polydextrose
• Potassium benzoate
• Potassium bisulfite
• Potassium bromate
• Potassium chloride
• Potassium metabisulfite
• Propionates
• Propyl gallate
• Propylparaben
• Protein-derived fat substitute
• Saccharide hydrolysate (glucose syrups)
• Saccharin
• Sodium aluminum phosphate
• Sodium aluminum sulfate
• Sodium benzoate
• Sodium bisulfite
• Sodium citrate
• Sodium diacetate
• Sodium glutamates (including MSG)
• Sodium nitrate nitrite
• Sodium propionate
• Sodium stearoyl lactylate
• Sodium sulfite
• Sucralose
• Sucroglycerides
• Sucrose polyester
• Sulfur dioxide
• TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• Tree nuts
• Tricalcium phosphate
• Vanillin (synthetic vanillin and ethylvanillin)
• PFOA
• PTFE (cookware coating)