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Yeast Spread
The Guide > Food & Drink > Jams & Spreads > Yeast Spread |
Food Additives - Flavour Enhancers
This product type is likely to contain flavour enhancers (additive numbers 620-625), including MSG, associated with migraines, diarrhoea, nausea, stomach cramps, asthma, insomnia, depression, heart palpitations, ventricular fibrillation, children's behaviour and attention problems, and more. Flavour enhancers are commonly found in flavoured chips, corn chips, pop corn, flavoured savoury biscuits, instant noodle sachets, vegetable spreads. [Fedup]
- Avoid 280, 281, 282, 283.
- See the Chemical Maze app and book to instantly identify food additives with ease. Comprehensive food additive information at your fingertips. [The Chemical Maze]
- For food additives derived from animal products. [VNV]
- See safe food additive alternatives. [Fedup]
Commonly high in salt
Over-consumption of salt (sodium) can lead to high blood pressure which in turn leads to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. The average sodium intake per day is 2,400mg, however, the National Health and Medical Research Centre's (NHMRC) advises that Australian adults should aim to consume no more than 1,600mg in order to prevent chronic disease, while 460-920mg is an adequate adult intake for good health. [Better Health - salt]
- To reduce the amount of salt in your diet choose low-salt bread and breakfast cereals; cut back on processed foods, takeaway and fast foods; buy fresh vegetables rather than canned.
- Use the FoodSwitch app to scan barcodes of packaged foods to find the fat, saturated fat, salt, and sugar content. Colour-coded, easy-to-interpret nutritional information for more than 28,500 products. [FoodSwitch]
- See Choice report on 'hidden salt'. [Choice report]
Possible Animal Products
Milk products and/or vitamin D3 Alternatives: Marmite, Sanitarium, Promite (Information compiled by Aduki)
BRAND | COMPANY | OWNED | RATING |
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AussieMite | All Natural Foods | ![]() |
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Vegemite | Bega Cheese | ![]() |
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Vege Spread | Freedom Foods (Arrovest Perich Group) | ![]() |
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Marmite | Sanitarium (Adventist Church SP) | ![]() |
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Dick Smith's OzEmite | Spring Gully Foods Brand Owner: Dick Smith Foods |
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MightyMite | Three Threes Condiments | ![]() |
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Promite | Mars Australia (Mars) | USA | ![]() |