{"id":155,"date":"2019-03-28T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2019-03-28T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:34:12","slug":"dear-trader-joes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/28\/dear-trader-joes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Trader Joes,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We love your stores, the products you offer, and your splendid staff. But you\u2019re not telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about an excitotoxin found in your products.<\/p>\n<p>When we come in and ask about foods without MSG, we\u2019re looking for products that do not contain manufactured free glutamate. That\u2019s the name of the toxin in monosodium glutamate that causes our adverse reactions. Maybe you knew that and maybe you didn\u2019t. But now you do. So please help us avoid these additives that make us ill.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list of the ingredient names in which MSG is hidden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Names of ingredients that <em>always<\/em> contain processed free glutamic acid:<\/strong><br \/>\nGlutamic acid (E 620)<br \/>\nGlutamate (E 620)<br \/>\nMonosodium glutamate (E 621)<br \/>\nMonopotassium glutamate (E 622)<br \/>\nCalcium glutamate (E 623)<br \/>\nMonoammonium glutamate (E 624)<br \/>\nMagnesium glutamate (E 625)<br \/>\nNatrium glutamate<br \/>\nAnything \u201chydrolyzed\u201d<br \/>\nAny \u201chydrolyzed protein\u201d<br \/>\nCalcium caseinate, Sodium caseinate<br \/>\nYeast extract, Torula yeast<br \/>\nYeast food, Yeast nutrient<br \/>\nAutolyzed yeast<br \/>\nGelatin<br \/>\nTextured protein<br \/>\nWhey protein<br \/>\nWhey protein concentrate<br \/>\nWhey protein isolate<br \/>\nSoy protein<br \/>\nSoy protein concentrate<br \/>\nSoy protein isolate<br \/>\nAnything \u201cprotein\u201d<br \/>\nAnything \u201cprotein fortified\u201d<br \/>\nSoy sauce<br \/>\nSoy sauce extract<br \/>\nProtease<br \/>\nAnything \u201cenzyme modified\u201d<br \/>\nAnything containing \u201cenzymes\u201d<br \/>\nAnything \u201cfermented\u201d<br \/>\nVetsin<br \/>\nAjinomoto<br \/>\nUmami<\/p>\n<p><strong>Names of ingredients that often contain or produce processed free glutamic acid during processing:<\/strong><br \/>\nCarrageenan (E 407)<br \/>\nBouillon and broth<br \/>\nStock<br \/>\nAny \u201cflavors\u201d or \u201cflavoring\u201d<br \/>\nNatural flavor<br \/>\nMaltodextrin<br \/>\nOligodextrin<br \/>\nCitric acid, Citrate (E 330)<br \/>\nAnything \u201cultra-pasteurized\u201d<br \/>\nBarley malt<br \/>\nMalted barley<br \/>\nBrewer\u2019s yeast<br \/>\nPectin (E 440)<br \/>\nMalt extract<br \/>\nSeasonings<br \/>\nThe following work synergistically with MSG to enhance flavor. If they are present for flavoring, so is MSG:<br \/>\nDisodium 5\u2019-guanylate (E 627) \/ Disodium 5\u2019-inosinate (E-631) \/ Disodium 5&#8242;-ribonucleotides (E 635)<\/p>\n<p>If you lose this list, you can replace it at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/names.html\">website here<\/a>. And take a look around while you\u2019re there. You just might be able to help a friend avoid asthma, a-fib, seizures or migraine headache.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the help. Thanks for caring.<\/p>\n<p>Adrienne<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love your stores, the products you offer, and your splendid staff. But you\u2019re not telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about an excitotoxin found in your products. When we come in and ask about foods without MSG, we\u2019re looking for products that do not contain manufactured free glutamate. That\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/28\/dear-trader-joes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dear Trader Joes,&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,25,4,15,26,24],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-excitotoxin","tag-monosodiumglutamate","tag-msg","tag-protein","tag-traderjoes","tag-truthinlabelingcampaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}