The article discusses the role of emulsifiers in processed foods and their newfound scrutiny from the U.S. government, particularly under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The report associates emulsifiers with potential health issues, including mental disorders and cancer. Despite their criticism, emulsifiers play a vital role in food preparation, helping to blend ingredients that typically do not mix, such as in vinaigrettes or mayonnaise. The article argues that blaming emulsifiers for health issues may distract from the broader dietary problems Americans face.
Yet the substances that make bread fluffy, hold mayonnaise together, and keep the cream in ice cream have, according to the new stance of the United States government, "no culinary use."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to remove many food additives from the American diet...groups emulsifiers with other additives that may be linked to mental disorders, metabolic syndrome, and cancer.
To anyone who's attempted (and failed) to make a smooth vinaigrette using only oil and vinegar, MAHA's assertion that emulsifiers have no culinary use is an affront.
Their molecular structure is drawn to watery substances on one end and fat-based ones on the other, bridging ingredients that would otherwise separate.
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