Category Archives: Food Safety

Side Effects of Caramel Color ?

What happen when we heat sugar? It will undergo a reaction called caramelization. This imparts a brown color and a unique taste to every food preparation. As far as my knowledge was concern, I believed that there was only one … READ

How to Determine Spoiled/Expired Foods

Determining whether the food is expired or not is easy but not always. Sometimes we are eating without knowing the food’s current condition. I bought a cracker from a sari-sari store. I ate it right away and did not check … READ

What Are The Side Effect of Eating Expired Foods?

When a food product reaches its expiration date it does not really mean that it is expired already.  It means that it could be expired for the time being. Manufacturers set allowance as safety measures. There are cases where expired … READ

The 7 Double Edge Swords – Foods That Have Benefits and Side Effects

Foods are meant to fuel our body. Provide us with vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients. However, some of them provide more than nutrients. They also supply harmful substances. 1) Meat – Everyone’s favorite, most would trade two cups of … READ

Can Frying be Healthy?

Frying can be healthy! Certain brands of cooking oil emphasized that frying can really be healthy. Their product contain less saturated fat than other brands – enough to claim that their product is healthy for frying. Saturated fats are known … READ

Dirty NFA Rice to be Sold as Chicken Feeds

Thousands sack of rice are to be auctioned by National Food Authority because they are fit only as chicken feeds. Their were part of imported rice last year 2010. Importation was done to fill up the passed rice shortage. Shortage … READ

Food Use of Poppy Seeds Is Illegal?

Senator Tito Sotto wants to stop the trade and use of poppy seeds. It is used in baking as fragrant but it might pose bad effects, the start of drug addiction.  But Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) never want to … READ