• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Many US peanut butter manufacturers add emulsifiers and other chemicals into their peanut butter so that it remains homogenous.

    The realization is that the person would be eating those emulsifiers, and some people have claimed that they have negative health consequences, which is probable, although I don’t know if they do or not.

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      2 days ago

      Peanut butter is mostly just hydrogenated oils, but emulsifiers in things like Ice Cream are horrible for you, added to prevent separation of ingredients. Some destroy the blood brain barrier, damage gut flora health, and a bunch of other bad stuff.

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        2 days ago

        Citation needed. Most of the emulsifiers in ice cream are simply different sticky carbohydrates. Usually beans.

        Studies show that there might be an impact that contributes to risk factors leading to an increased risk of certain metabolic disorders. This means that we need more study, not that there’s anything that warrants changes in behavior or saying anything definitive.