{"id":1619,"date":"2021-06-08T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:27:35","slug":"leaked-nestle-in-house-document-admits-most-of-its-products-arent-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/leaked-nestle-in-house-document-admits-most-of-its-products-arent-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Nestl\u00e9 in-house document admits most of its products aren\u2019t healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you see last Thursday\u2019s post, Ultra-processed foods: Little nourishment, lots of toxic amino acids?<\/a><\/em> We reported on the unfortunate fact that although U.S. supermarkets contain a wide variety of packaged foods, they mostly all come from 10 giant conglomerates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those mega-companies is Nestl\u00e9, considered to be the world\u2019s largest fast moving consumer goods company. Fast-moving consumer goods are products that sell quickly and at a relatively low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week Nestl\u00e9\u2019s news came from a leaked document initially sent to its top executives, stating that over 60 percent of its \u201cmainstream\u201d food and drink products do not meet a \u201crecognized definition of health\u201d under Australia\u2019s health star rating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Health Star rates the nutritional profile of processed foods by assigning a number of stars, up to five. Only 37 percent of Nestl\u00e9 products managed to rate above 3.5 stars.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But low nutrition ratings aren\u2019t the only concerns consumers should have, because Nestle products are loaded with manufactured free glutamate (MfG), an excitotoxic \u2013 brain damaging \u2013 ingredient. Their top brands include Hot Pockets (with a book-length list of ingredients including excitotoxic yeast extract, natural flavor, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate and dough conditioner), Lean Cuisine (soy protein isolate, yeast extract), Stouffer\u2019s (textured soy protein concentrate, autolyzed yeast extract) and Maggi products, including the Liquid Seasoning (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, flavour, protease).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Indian digital news station CNCBTV18, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned Nestle\u2019s Maggi \u201ctwo minute\u201d noodles in 2015 after test showed that it contained excessive lead and the labelling of its packets deceptively mentioned \u2018No added MSG.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, what Nestl\u00e9 tells it executives about its products, as revealed in that leaked in-house document, is far different than what it tells consumers, saying on its website that: \u201cwe unlock the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


If you have questions or comments, we\u2019d love to hear from you. If you have hints for others on how to avoid exposure to MfG, send them along, too, and we\u2019ll put them up on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>. Or you can reach us at questionsaboutmsg@gmail.com and follow us on\u00a0<\/em>Twitter @truthlabeling<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Did you see last Thursday\u2019s post, Ultra-processed foods: Little nourishment, lots of toxic amino acids? We reported on the unfortunate fact that although U.S. supermarkets contain a wide variety of packaged foods, they mostly all come from 10 giant conglomerates. One of those mega-companies is Nestl\u00e9, considered to be the world\u2019s largest fast moving consumer … <\/p>\n

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