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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
AussieMite  All Natural Foods   Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
Vegemite  Bega Cheese   Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
Vege Spread  Freedom Foods   (Arrovest Perich Group) Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
Marmite  Sanitarium   (Adventist Church SP) Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
Dick Smith's OzEmite  Spring Gully Foods  
Brand Owner: Dick Smith Foods  
Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
MightyMite  Three Threes Condiments   Australian Owned  Lesser Praises, No Criticisms2
Promite  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Criticisims5



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