The most common synthetic additives that are petroleum based and found in most store bought packaged snacks like biscuits, cookies, chips etc. are, Benzoic acid. Sodium Benzoate.
Be it biscuits, chips, ready to cook foods, stock cubes, cereals, Frozen foods etc. etc.. basically anything you pick from the aisle of a supermarket, first read the labels! Unknowingly you might be just loading your system with carcinogenic and other harmful chemicals that might lead to some chronic disease eventually! Most of them are petrochemical additives!!
PETROCHEMICAL ADDITIVES IN SNACKS
The most common synthetic additives that are petroleum based and found in most store bought packaged snacks like biscuits, cookies, chips etc. are,
- Benzoic acid.
- Sodium Benzoate.
- Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
- Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)
- TBHQ (Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone)
What does petroleum do to the body?
Adverse health effects can include skin irritation, eye irritation, dizziness, headache, nausea and, and in extreme cases, death (2). Because petroleum is widely used, unintentional acute releases can occur almost anywhere
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