"The issue here is not whether these cereals contain TSP — they (and many other food items) do. The issue, similarly, is not whether TSP is used as a cleaning product — it is. The issue, instead, is whether or not a chemical used as a cleaning product can also be used safely as a food additive — it can.
An apt comparison for a number of reasons is the chemical sodium bicarbonate. This compound is used in heavy-duty cleaning, as an agent to de-tarnish silver, and even to extinguish fires. Sodium bicarbonate, however, is better known as baking soda, and it is instrumental as a leavening agent (something that makes dough rise) when baking, among other things, chocolate chip cookies.
TSP, too, can be used as a leavening agent, as both sodium bicarbonate and TSP react with acidic compounds present in dough to release carbon dioxide (creating air bubbles that cause the dough to rise). More relevant, but related to the same underlying chemistry, is the fact that both TSP and sodium carbonate can serve as buffering agents, which resist changes in pH."
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phantom8 (418)
8 years ago
"“The FDA claims that Trisodium phosphate in certain amounts is not a risk in food, but some reports and agencies have deemed it a hazardous substance. The Clean Water Act has taken steps to limit the use of TSP in cleaning supplies because it damages the environment."
If it damages the environment, I wonder what it does to your stomach when you eat it. they don't even want it in cleaning supplies but it's ok in our food? .... enigmatic at best.
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April-151-CT (10210)
8 years ago
Too much of ANYTHING in the environment is bad. That's just common sense. If you don't want to eat the hundreds of products that it's in, then don't. But maybe don't eat anything with sodium bicarbonate in it either. Just to be on the safe side.
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phantom8 (418)
8 years ago
Thought I'd be a good neighbor and warn people about the paint thinner or industrial cleaner that's put in cereals and fed to your children, I don't need you to tell me what to eat or not to eat, your platitudes and sarcasm are noted,
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April-151-CT (10210)
8 years ago
😴😴😴😴
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R_Kane (15828)
8 years ago
Cereals other than oatmeal are junkfood. Real men eat pancakes, oatmeal, eggs, ham, sausage and bananas for breakfast. Plus pure water, fruit juice and black coffee. Perpaps the occasional bran muffin as well. Breakfast
is the most important meal of the day. Don't cede it to General Mills, or Dunkin' Donuts!
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janX9 (446)
8 years ago
Trisodium phosphate is not a paint thinner nor is it an industrial cleaner, it is simply an ingredient that is in some food products, quit being so paranoid. Salt is used in a lot of cleaners does that make salt an Industrial cleaner? No it doesn't.
There are many additives in foods that you will find in a lot of non-food products this doesn't necessarily make them "poison", as you say. These additives are fine in moderation.
Propylene glycol is used in cough syrup, muffins and many other food products. It's also used in antifreeze. Does that mean there's antifreeze in our food? No it doesn't. Quit making such asinine comments and quit being so paranoid.
MSG, soy protien concentrate, sulphites, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, textured vegetable protein, yeast extract, sodium and yes trisodium phosphate is in many products that kids eat too. Guess what? As long as they aren't living off of processed food, they will live and grow up to be healthy adults. Just cook them real food regularly. Moderation is key.
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phantom8 (418)
8 years ago
asinine comments? what I wrote in the beginning post was taken right off the internet,
""The Clean Water Act has taken steps to limit the use of TSP in cleaning supplies because it damages the environment."" those are not my words, If you want to eat or give your kids crap that is known to damage the environment, go for it, and excuse me for making people aware of what they are eating, but you know what they say, "you can't teach an old dog (or stupid people) new tricks.
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