IS FOOD WITH CHEMICAL ADDITIVES FAKE FOOD?

In 2019, Ital and ABIMAPI conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 70 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized loaves of bread, generally, are mostly composed of common food raw materials used to make bread, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: flour, yeast, salt, sugar, oils and fats, rye, corn, oat, soybean, wheat buckwheat, durum, etc., nuts, almonds and chestnuts, peanut, pistachio, fruits, eggs, cow milk, grated coconut, cinnamon powder, fennel, etc.

In 2020, Ital and ABIMAPI conduct a study about nutrients and ingredients of 243 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized cookies, generally, are mostly composed of common food raw materials used to make home-made cookies, at bakeries and confectionery, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: flours, starch, drinking water, yeast, salt, sugar, oils and fats, grains, seeds, nuts, chestnuts, and leguminous, fruits and by-products, seasonings (celery, onion, clove powder, cinnamon powder, cloves, nutmeg, etc.), eggs, cow milk, chocolates and cocoa by-products.

In 2021, Ital and ABIMAPI conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 210 products markets in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized cakes, generally, are mostly composed of common food raw materials used to make home-made cakes, at bakeries and confectionery, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: flours, starch, cereal, and seeds, fruits and by-products, cocoa and by-products, nuts, almonds, chestnuts, cinnamon, milk and by-products, eggs, oils, fats and margarines, sugar, salt, yeasts, toppings, syrups and fillings.

in 2021, Ital and ABIMAPI conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 269 products markets in Brazil, obtaining the following results. Doughs are generally composed mainly of common food raw materials used to make doughs at homes and restaurants, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: flours, starch, rice, potato, manioc, parsnip, pumpkin, oils and fats, sugar, eggs, milk and by-products, salt, vegetables (tomato, spinach, red turnip, green pepper, garlic, garlic powder, celery, onion, green onion, carrot, cabbage, etc.), spices, aromatic herbs and extracts (saffron, parsley, cinnamon, rosemary, oregano, tomato extract, sage, black pepper, white pepper, paprika, ginger and nutmeg, red pepper, black pepper, food coloring, cumin, bay, shoyu etc.), biological yeast.

In 2020, Ital and ABIA conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 56 products markets in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized pizzas are mostly composed of common food raw materials used to make pizzas in other places, are mostly available to the consumer in the retail segment. The main ingredients that make the base of industrialized pizzas are common food raw materials of common use to make a pizza: wheat flour, cheese, meet and by-products, tomato and by-products, olives, onion, red onion, broccolis, peas, red pepper, corn, mushrooms, spices and seasonings (garlic, basil, coriander, pepper, parsley, etc.), oils, olive oil and margarine, milk cream, cream cheese, dressing with Catupiry, dressing with Gorgonzola cheese, chicken dressing, eggs, sugar, salt, biological yeast, starch, powdered milk.

in 2020, Ital and Viva Lácteos conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 150 products markets in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized yogurts are mainly composed of common food raw materials used to make yogurts in other places, mostly available to the consumer in the retail segment. Generally, MILK is the main ingredient, and should be composed at least of 70% of milk base. The other ingredients, including those used in preparations and syrups, can not exceed 30%, according to the legislation in force. Basic ingredients: milk, milk yeast, milk fat, sugar, honey, fruits, vegetables and by-products (strawberry, coconut, banana, papaya, mango, prune, peach, apple, raspberry, blackberry, carrot), cereals and grains (rye, rice corn, oar, soybean, buckwheat, durum, amaranth wheat, etc.), seeds (chia, linseed, pumpkin, sunflower), nuts, chestnuts, hazelnut, peanut, almonds, macadamia, pistachio, cocoa, chocolate and by-products, caramel syrup, apple juice, starch.

In 2022, Ital and Good Food Institute conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 178 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. Industrialized plant-based beverages are composed mainly of common food raw materials and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: drinking water, peanut, almonds and chestnuts, rice, oat, cocoa by-products, coconut, banana, apple, strawberry, pineapple, juices (orange, apple, passion fruit, peach, grape, pineapple, kale, strawberry, plum, raspberry), powdered tapioca; carob; cinnamon powder; beetroot; yam; coffee; oils; sugar, salt, soybean extract.

In 2020, Ital and ABIR conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 217 products markets in Brazil, obtaining the following results. Industrialized juices are composed mainly of common food raw materials used to make juices at homes and restaurants. The main ingredients that make the liquid volume of industrialized juices are: fruits, fruit juices, pulps, fruit purees and extracts (peach, cashew, orange, lime, tangerine, grape, mango, pineapple, apple, passion fruit, banana, guava, acerola, açaí, lychee, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry), greenery and other vegetables (ginger, Peruvian maca, hibiscus extracts, spirulina, green tea, Cayenne pepper; pea, rice, or chia plant-based protein), cereals and seeds (quinoa, chia, linseed, oat), almonds, cocoa, drinking water, coconut water, sugar.

In 2021, Ital and ABIS conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 180 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized ice creams are mostly composed of common food raw materials, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment. The ingredients used in industrialized ice cream can be divided in three groups: basic, optional and additions. The basic are food raw material such as water, milk, whey, plant-based proteins, animal-based and plant-based fat, and sugar. The optional ingredients are also food raw materials of common use, such as cocoa, coconut milk, fruit, coffee, yogurt, etc., used in the ice cream mass to contribute with the flavor, texture, in addition to nutritional enrichment. And additions make the ice cream more indulgent, adding value and flavor to the product. They are also compound by food products of common use, such as cakes, cookies, confectionery, milk jam, marshmallow, peanut farofa and other candies and preparations.

In 2021, Ital and ABIA conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 90 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized hamburgers are mainly composed of common food raw materials used to make hamburgers in other places, mostly available to the consumer in the retail segment. The main ingredients that compose the base of industrialized hamburgers are: beef, chicken and, plant-based protein concentrates (pea protein, textured soybean protein), vegetables rich in proteins (pea, chia, fradinho beans, black beans, chicken pea, lentil linseed, quinoa, sunflower seed and sesame seed, other plant-products (pumpkin, celery, whole rice, eggplant, powdered beetroot, beetroot concentrate, broccolis, cashew nut, carrot, kale, spinach, green corn and tomato, animal-based fat and bacon, oils, olive oils and plant-based fat and margarine, pepperoni, drinking water, seasonings (rosemary, garlic, leek, onion, red onion, green onion, ginger, sesame, basil, marjoram, tarragon, etc.), oat, sugar, cheese, tofu, salt, starch, eggs, chemical yeast, mushrooms.

In 2022, Ital and ABICAB conducted a study about nutrients and ingredients of 483 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized chocolate products, generally, are mostly composed of common food raw materials: cocoa and by-products, flours and starch, cereals (rice, barley malt, toasted malt, malt and oat extract), fruits and by-products (grated coconut, roasted coconut, coconut milk, strawberry, lemon juice, lemon scraps, strawberry jam, raisin, guava, apricot, orange, orange flakes, crystallized orange peel, passion fruit, mango, banana, pistachio, licuri, açaí, acerola, cherry, pineapple, cranberry, dehydrated blackberry), seasonings and spices (cinnamon, ginger, sesame, mint, pepper mix infusion, cardamom, hibiscus, Amazonian spices), coffee, peanut, hazelnut, hazelnut in paste, cashew nut, Brazil nut, nuts, macadamia, almonds butter, almonds flours and cashew nut flour, milk and by-products, fats and butter, sugar, molasses, caramel and honey, salt, alcohol beverages(cereal alcohol, cognac, sugarcane spirit, cherry liquor, rum and red wine), soybean extract, textured soybean protein, quinoa, amaranth, drinking water, eggs, cookies, crumbles (cashew nut, peanut, coffee, coconut, milk jam), maraschino cherry, milk jam, açaí candy.

In 2022, Ital and ABICAB conducted an study about nutrients and ingredients of 416 products marketed in Brazil, obtaining the following results. The industrialized peanut products, generally, are mostly composed of common food raw materials, and most of them are available to the consumer in the retail segment: peanut and by-products, chocolates, cocoa and by-products, flours (wheat, manioc, organic amaranth, organic rice, organic grape skin, cashew nut, organic quinoa and oat), fruits and by-products (coconut, banana, plum, cranberry, dehydrated cranberry , dehydrated apricot, dehydrated gojiberry, raisin, dehydrated apple, apple juice, strawberry), ), seeds (amaranth seeds, linseed, brown linseed, chia, quinoa, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, sunflower nugget), cereals (rice, whole rice flakes, rye flakes, oat flakes), seasoning and spices (cinnamon, red pepper, curry, curcuma, cardamom, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, dehydrated parsley, sesame, ginger resin oil, nutmeg and oregano), coffee, milk and by-products, sugar (white, brown, demerara, coconut sugar, molasses, sugarcane juice, glucose syrup, honey), oils, olive oil and fats, salt, plant-based proteins (soybean, pea and rice), gelatin, starch (rice, corn, manioc, tapioca etc.), sour manioc powder, shoyu, malt and rosemary extracts, drinking water, toasted soybean.