Comments on: Adulteration of Milk Lies at the Root of Dairy Price Crisis http://hartkeisonline.com/whole-and-natural-foods/adulteration-of-milk-lies-at-the-root-of-dairy-price-crisis/ blog about homemaking, food and health Mon, 21 May 2012 14:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: TNT http://hartkeisonline.com/whole-and-natural-foods/adulteration-of-milk-lies-at-the-root-of-dairy-price-crisis/#comment-17472 TNT Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=3023#comment-17472 Yoplait is now making a greek yogurt that contains MPC - milk protein concentrate. I had an allergic reaction to it - so I'll never eat it again! Yoplait is now making a greek yogurt that contains MPC – milk protein concentrate. I had an allergic reaction to it – so I’ll never eat it again!

]]> By: Local Nourishment http://hartkeisonline.com/whole-and-natural-foods/adulteration-of-milk-lies-at-the-root-of-dairy-price-crisis/#comment-4285 Local Nourishment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:15:47 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=3023#comment-4285 I love how you "push the envelope" with your photos and analogies. The idea of adulterating a wholesome food like real milk with MPCs is offensive and shouldn't be accepted blindly. I was just reading <a href="http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:gu-trJjgvXcJ:www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err28/err28c.pdf+MPC+in+milk+site:usda.gov&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a" title="this on the USDA website:" rel="nofollow"> "Regulations on the use of MPC vary by country. In the United States, MPC may not be used for cheeses with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standard of identity. However, some dairy manufactures have made changes to accommodate MPC use in nonstandardized cheeses. Kraft Foods Inc. changed the product description on its American Singles from “Pasteur- ized Process Cheese Food,” which has the FDA standard of identity, to “Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product,” which does not. MPC is listed as an ingredient in Kraft American Singles. Dannon is now using MPC as a substi- tute in its low-calorie yogurts." I'm relieved that MPC is at the very least required to be put on a label. But we need to be reading every label every time to see what has changed. Buying the same old thing, assuming it is still safe and healthy is clearly no longer an option. .-= Local Nourishment´s last blog ..<a href="http://localnourishment.com/2009/08/08/million-pound-beef-recall/" rel="nofollow">Million Pound Beef Recall</a> =-. I love how you “push the envelope” with your photos and analogies. The idea of adulterating a wholesome food like real milk with MPCs is offensive and shouldn’t be accepted blindly.

I was just reading

“Regulations on the use of MPC vary by country. In the United States, MPC
may not be used for cheeses with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) standard of identity. However, some dairy manufactures have made
changes to accommodate MPC use in nonstandardized cheeses. Kraft Foods
Inc. changed the product description on its American Singles from “Pasteur-
ized Process Cheese Food,” which has the FDA standard of identity, to
“Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product,” which does not. MPC is listed as an
ingredient in Kraft American Singles. Dannon is now using MPC as a substi-
tute in its low-calorie yogurts.”

I’m relieved that MPC is at the very least required to be put on a label. But we need to be reading every label every time to see what has changed. Buying the same old thing, assuming it is still safe and healthy is clearly no longer an option.
.-= Local Nourishment´s last blog ..Million Pound Beef Recall =-.

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