The Ingredients Overview
Annatto - What is it, where does it come from, and what it's doing in my food
Apple History and Varieties
Baking Soda...what is, where does it come from, and what does it do?
Calcium Phosphate: what is it, where does it come from, and what does it do?
Calcium Propionate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Canola Oil
Carrageenan - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Cellulose Gum - am I really eating wood?
Chocolate Liquor: am I going to get drunk?
Cinnamon - where does it come from, and why does it taste the way it does?
Citric Acid - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Cloves - what are they and where do they come from?
Cocoa
Cocoa Butter
Corn Oil: what it is and how it's made
Cocoa vs. Cacao: Huh?
Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
Cornstarch - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it used for?
Bovine (cow) Dairy Farming - A Brief Lesson
Cranberries, how cranberries are grown and harvested
Cream of Tartar - what it is, where it comes from, and what it does in our food
DATEM - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Eggs - we know all about them, right? Not so fast....
Egg Quality and Safety
Egg White Science
Egg Yolk Science
Fat Science - Lipids
Flour...bleached, unbleached, enriched. What's the difference, and what difference does it make?
Gelatin - what it is, where it comes from, and what it does in our food
Ginger - where does it come from?
Lecithin
Lemon Pie Filling From A Box
Lemons - sounds simple, but not so much!
Liquid Sugar - what is it, how is it made, and what is it doing in my food?
Malt Syrup, Malted Barley Extract...what are these things and what are they doing in my food?
Meat Used In Formed Meat Products
Meat, white and dark: what's the difference and what difference does it make?
Milk, evaporated and condensed milk: What's the difference, and how are they made?
Milk: Skim, 1%, 2%, and whole milk, plus cream and half & half...what's the difference?
Modified Starches
Mono-and Diglycerides - what are they, where do they come from, and what are they doing in my food?
Natural Flavors, Artificial Flavors, Natural and Artificial Flavors: what's the difference, and why are they labeled the way they are?
Nutmeg - where it comes from, and how it gets to our kitchens!
Oil Blends: why and how they are used
Onion Powder - what it is, where it comes from, and how it's made
Palm Oil
Paprika Extract - Explained!
Pectin: what it is, how it's made, and how it works
Pigs: Raising and Harvesting Pigs
Potatoes: a little bit about them
Probiotics!? What does that mean, and what are they doing in my food?
Pumpkins, where they come from...seems obvious, but not so much!
Salt...where does it come from?
Shortening - what is it, what is it used for...and why is it called shortening?
Sodium aluminum phosphate
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Erythorbate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sodium Diacetate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
Sodium Lactate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sodium Nitrite - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sodium Phosphate - what it is and what it does in our food
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Sorbic Acid - what is it, where does it come from, and what is it doing in my food?
Soybean Oil: what it is and how it's made
Spice - what it is, and how it's different from other spices
Sucrose Caramelization and Caramel Colors - Explained
Sugar, white - specifically, sucrose. Where does it come from?
Sunflower Oil: what it is and how it's made
Synthetic Food Colors
TBHQ, BHT, and BHA: what are they, and what are they doing in my food?
Tomato concentrate/paste - what is it and how is it made?
Tomatoes, Growing and Harvesting
Turkey's, how turkeys are raised and harvested
Vegetable Gums - Carob Bean, Locust Bean, Guar, and Tara Gums - what they are and why they're in my food!
Vinegar - what it is, how it's made, and what it's doing in my food
Vitamins D and A - Why are they in my milk?
Xanthan Gum - Sounds like a music group...what is it, and what is it doing in my food?
Yogurt Starter Cultures Explained
Yeast....it's alive!
