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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:08 AM
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Anyone know what these chemicals are in my yogurt?
Tricalcium Phosphate and Acesulfame Potassium. It tastes like crap and I figure they're probably artificial sweeteners. Aren't they supposed to label that on the front of the carton? Or has deregulation allowed them to hide them in the ingredient list?
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:19 AM
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1. Hm...
Tricalcium Phosphate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricalcium_phosphate

Acesulfame Potassium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acesulfame_potassium (The Acesulfame is indeed an artificial sweetener.)


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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:21 AM
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2. Tricalcium Phosphate
is likely for stabilizing acidity
Acesulfame Potassium is aspartame
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:48 AM
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3. Crap. And I bought a bunch of them
They sure hide the fact that there are artificial sweeteners in it. Shouldn't it say "artificially sweetened" on the label?
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:04 PM
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4. Does it say something like "zomg sugar free!" or the like on the packaging?
That's usually synonymous with "aspartame" on most products I see.
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