CRITICAL ANALYSIS #4

CRITICAL ANALYSIS #4 The main idea of this article is to inform us of what is really in our McDonalds fries. In the beginning McDonalds used to make their fries with a mixture of 7 percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. By 1990, they had to switch to vegetable oil because they were receiving a lot of criticism due to the previous choice and the amount of cholesterol in the fries. What this article also pertains to is to explain to us how much of our food is made from man-made additives. Most man-made additives are what give the processed food the majority of its taste. The flavor industry has been around since the end of World War II. The world’s largest flavor company is the International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF); it is located in Dayton, New Jersey. Basically this plant makes a variety of man-made additives for flavors and smells. They have manufactured six of the ten best-selling perfumes in the U.S. that included Estee Lauder’s Beautiful, Clinique’s Happy, Lancôme’s Tresor, and Calvin Klein’s Eternity. The IFF has also made smells for household products like deodorant, dishwashing detergent, bath soap, shampoo, furniture polish and floor wax. The basic science behind the scent of our shaving cream is the same as that governing the flavor of our TV dinner. To sum it all up the majority of our processed food is made up of chemicals that we can’t even pronounce. My concern is the secrecy of the industry. Why will they not share the precise formulas of the flavor compound or the identities of the client’s? There is a saying in Spanish “el que nada debe, nada teme” meaning “the one who doesn’t owe, shouldn’t fear.” Are they trying to hide something so severe that they know if it were to be published they could get in serious trouble? Why did they make her or him I don’t even know who wrote this article, but why did they make them sign a disclosure form? Very questionable, as is all these chemicals that we put in our bodies on a daily basis. I believe that this information is very important for us to know because once we know the real truth then we as adults can make the decision of living our lives like we have been or make a drastic change for the better of our health and our families, to be able to pass this knowledge and educate them as well. This information had helped me to think twice before I go grocery shopping and even think twice of what I am putting in my body. NO MORE JUNK FOOD!! Also this article had made think about really going green. I have had my goals to buy a home with a large back yard so that I can grow my little garden of fruits and veggies, and also I been wanting to get chickens, rabbits, ducks, and a goat, but after reading this article I am really going to push for it now. Back when I was younger my family did that and we always had food.