The 26 ingredient burger served at a school near you.

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‍the School Hamburger‍
After watching a short piece on npr.org (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/02/149717358/whats-inside-the-26-ingredient-school-lunch-burger) discussing the ingredients in the school burger of today, to say the very least I'm upset that at some point in my life I have ingested one of these "frankenburgers." Where you would think a burger should contain a few ingredients at the most, these patties served in schools contain a whopping 26. While most additives are vitamin supplements, it still confuses me as why it is necessary to add them at all. In the video, Kantha Shelke, a food scientist explained that these additives are only useful for a very select group of children who aren't getting essential nutrition elsewhere. In those particular situations, additional vitamins are a helpful thing and assist in providing a child with a complete diet. However, I do not feel it's fair to be feeding every child these additives, and other chemicals are put into these burgers as well that are certainly questionable. Sucrose, maltodextrin, caramel color, as well as a chemical similar to MSG are also included. Now that just makes no sense to me. Since when did sweetener have a place in hamburgers? Why is color being added to the mix? In this case, my opinion is that the simpler the better, and that a pattie should be beef and only beef. (With the addition of some spice of course.)

http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm- Food additives and their dangers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_inosinate- Chemical Similar to MSG found in most processed foods.

Teenager changes ingredient

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/another-look-at-a-drink-ingredient-brominated-vegetable-oil.html?ref=health&_r=0


I was so inspired by this teenager who not only reads the labels on her food and drinks but persuaded Pepsico to take the brominated vegetable oil out of Gatorade through an online petition.  Petitions work!  Please sign ours to take the corn syrup out of our school's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches:

http://signon.org/sign/take-corn-syrup-out-of?source=c.em.cp&r_by=5378356