Interpreting Food Label Jargon

This article is dedicated to understanding the ingredients and statements you may encounter on the product. Reading and understanding food labels and symbols can help you with healthy choices as well as keep you from allergic situations.  Even with these labels,...

Is Lecithin Egg-less

Read your labels on products, If it says, Sunflower Lecithin, or Organic Soybeans then the lecithin is natural and not animal.  Therefore, no eggs in the lecithin. If it doesn’t explicitly say the above it could be from the lecithin found in eggs. Milk powder...

Generally Recognized as Safe Labeling Criteria

Manufacturers’ food label clarification for people with allergies is a nightmare.  This article is dedicated to understanding the ingredients and statements you may encounter on the product. Reading and understanding food labels can help you with healthy choices...

Wine and Eggs, The Good and the Bad

  Egg Lysozyme Reduces Levels of Sulfites in Wine Production.  (lysozyme for the fining of some wines is found in the egg whites of hens) People who are allergic to sulfites in wines can be happy to know that a mixture of lysozyme from egg whites and dimethyl...

Vaccines That Are Made From Eggs

Influenza, Tetanus, Yellow Fever, and Influenza nasal sprays are made from eggs. There are two new influenza no-egg vaccines on the market.  Influenza vaccines have had technological advancements due to the need for a vaccine that is not derived from egg...