The #1 Danger of Natural Flavors is NOT What You Think

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The #1 Danger of Natural Flavorings

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0:00 - Intro - Natural Flavorings
1:37 - Use Code THOMAS20 for 20% off BUBS Naturals!
3:04 - Warning about Natural Flavors
4:11 - How to Identify Which Products are Safe

[janlotto]

It’s just awful that food labels are so cryptic and deceptive. Those of us who are trying to achieve better health are being sabotaged.

[Whitakerboys]

So glad you’ve addressed this issue. I quit natural flavors years ago because of the uncertainty. I hope you talk about the aluminum in Morton salt and others as an anti caking agent. It has to be linked to so much mental issues

[jakebohannan]

I always wonder what these "natural flavors" are. It's so shady that these companies won't tell you what they consist of. I hope that in the future, food companies will be required to include where they derive their natural flavors from.

[jahege]

Lots of tea has "natural flavor". I have been skeptical about that for years.

[Dbrow]

I get your point on backing the natural flavors of foods that have mostly good clean whole food ingredients... But.... At the same time if they care so much about their good clean ingredients, why don't they just put what's in the food, on the label.

[kentd]

Thank you, Thomas. Very good info--especially since "natural flavorings" sounds like a good thing.

[vicecolder]

binge for 3 weeks now, gained those 15 pounds back and no fasting like i used I'm on here for a daily dose of Thomas to see if i can get back on deserve this type comment for how much work you obviously put into this

[SW-fmup]

Ever since they have been adding natural flavors to organic and non GMO foods I've noticed an abvious decline in my health and memory!! When I stopped eating anything with natural flavors for 2 weeks my memory, mood, and health became alot better!!! Amongst many other reasons, I believe this could be one of the reasons for Azheimer's, dementia, and mental illness!!!

[jeanmartinnoel]

Great video, would be nice to have a follow up on products where we have more data. Also, not really on topic, but would really like a video about all supplements you take on a daily/weekly basis with a brief explanation on why.

[photoMorg]

I asked Zevia what was in their Natural Flavors here is their reply.
Hi Paul,

Zevia has always listed “natural flavors” in ingredient panels. Because of proprietary reasons, we cannot list all the flavors we put in our sodas.




Our “Natural Flavors” are all plant-derived. Examples of components in our natural flavors are citrus oils, cherry essence, cassia oil, wintergreen, and other flavor compounds unique to each flavor (eg, Caffeine Free Hibiscus Passionfruit). We don’t disclose a laundry list of our natural flavors.



Our entire strategy revolves around using plant-derived ingredients, and creating a ‘smarter choice’ than the mainstream products. The term “Natural” is a highly sensitive term in the food and beverage industry, as there no regulatory framework for calling a product ‘natural’, we avoid calling our product ‘natural’. The term “Natural Flavors” is an exception, given that it has regulatory framework. For example, that cannot use ‘artificial flavors’ and call them ‘natural flavors’.




We can absolutely confirm that there is no MSG, dairy, egg, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish, shell fish in any Zevia product. All Zevia beverages are Gluten Free, and Vegan, as well as non-GMO Project verified and Kosher.




However, we take great care in choosing ingredients that are the smartest choice for all of our consumers, especially those who have special diets and food allergies. If there is an ingredient you are trying to avoid, we are able to confirm whether or not these beverages will be right for you. Just let us know.


Sincerely,

Jae-Min Mandala

Senior Customer Relations Manager

ZEVIA® Zero Calorie Beverages

[TravelingOutsideTheBaatz]

❤️ Thank you so much for making this video. It is something we have been looking for.
My wife just finished Chemotherapy and we want to get granular on all these things.

[GenericHandle]

What's really amazing about the "natural flavors" and "artificial flavors" titles is that, this umbrella term was the result of legislation passing that forced food manufacturers to properly list their ingredients on the label. Since then big corporations have managed to walk back that legislation and gerrymander ingredients in a way that makes the ingredients list even more misleading than it was before.
After watching a video of NileRed turn latex gloves into grape soda, I try to buy whole foods as much as possible and confine the cooking science to my kitchen.

[filmscorefreak]

Don't worry, FDA said natural flavors are "safe and effective"...lol

[TheChauntawe]

I’m on a 14 day fast. Day 6 I drank polar carbonated water. Lime flavored. Ingredients: carbonated water, natural flavors. I stomach became horribly upset and I ended up throwing up white foam, it took hours for my stomach too settle out, I almost broke my fast with bone broth just to feel better. Never again, no more natural flavors, no matter what. Not gonna play Russian roulette with my microbiome.

[naftaliteichman]

We were waiting for this video thanks Thomas 💪

[BalanceWithWellness]

Finally some insight on this! Bobby from Flav city is way too strict on natural flavors and won’t approve a product even if natural flavors is the only questionable ingredient.

[asia]

Excellent video💪just like ur calmness while explaining

[gingerboxer]

Thanks Thomas, learning so much from your videos and your

[Damos]

These good companies could just display all of the ingredients they’re putting in the product instead of using the natural flavor umbrella. That’s what’s concerning to me. Why don’t they do that

[crown]

I’m surprised you haven’t put out a video on drinking ice water vs room temp water and wether or not drinking ice water is beneficial or counterproductive