Codex Alimentarius on Pringles ingredients!

As I sat munching on a tin of Pringles whilst on my laptop I began reading through the ingredients. The following excerpt surprised me:

'.< 0.3mg protein (Codex Alimentarius)

I'd take a picture except the flash would shine off the tin.

Here are the ingredients as listed on the official Pringles website:

Portions per 165g package:
6.6 Portion size: 25g per 25g per 100g GDA ** Energy 539 kJ (129 kcal) 2156 kJ (517 kcal) 8360kJ (2000 kcal) Protein 1.0g 4.1g 50g Carbohydrate 13g 52g 270g of which sugars 0.62g 2.5g 90g Fat 8.2g 33g 70g of which saturates 1.8g 7g 20g Fibre 0.64g 2.5g 25g Sodium 0.16g 0.64g 2.4g ** of an adult’s Guideline Daily Amount

Ingredients
Dehydrated potatoes, vegetable oil, rice flour, wheat starch (gluten free*), sour cream & onion flavour (flavour enhancers: monosodium glutamate, disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate, onion powder, dextrose, sugar, sweet whey powder, lactose from milk, citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, sour cream powder, flavourings, milk protein), maltodextrin, emulsifier: E471, salt.

* < 0.3% protein (Codex Alimentarius).

SOURCE

What do you make of this?

I thought some of you might be interested in the following movement I came across while researching Codex. Here's their poster:



Here's an excerpt from their site:

Given that Codex does not create laws but merely delivers guidelines, standards and recommendations, its outputs are characterised as innocuous by many governments and corporations that benefit from them. The reality is that most countries find they have no option but to harmonise their laws to Codex as they are unable to face the sanctions imposed on them by the WTODSB, the ultimate enforcer of Codex’s rules governing the global food trade.

When it comes to us either being poisoned by pollutants or chemicals in our food, or having our fundamental rights and freedoms restricted by losing access to wholesome, natural foods and nutrients, it is of course not Codex itself that provides the legal instrument that impacts us; it is the national and regional laws of countries. This distancing of Codex from the law seems to allow Codex to escape direct culpability—but of course also makes its operation so insiduous.

As the global food trade continues to expand and regional and local food production comes under increasing pressure from the biggest agricultural and food producers in the world, Codex continues its work. In some cases, Codex guidelines and standards are built on existing legal templates, such as in the case of the Codex Guideline on Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements, which is modelled closely on the EU Food Supplements Directive. Codex then allows this model to be exported internationally. In other cases, such as with GM foods, where the US legal model — which presumes GM foods are substantially equivalent to conventional foods and therefore intrinsically safe — is increasingly acting as the international model relevant to biotechnology products.

Although we can all engage with our governments to try to show them the short-sightedness of so much that they engage with within the committee rooms of Codex, probably our most powerful weapon is our ability to choose what we eat. While many of us are still able to exercise freedom of choice, one of the most effective actions we can take is to be selective in our choice of foods. We should, for example, support those food production systems that contribute positively to our health, while rejecting those that don’t. We also have to ensure those around us — and especially our children — understand the importance of consumer power. Combine this with targeted lobbying of governments and elected representatives and we could see fundamental change to our food supply, a change that has the ability to facilitate our return to the foods to which our genes have adapted over millennia.

EDIT: Yep, the poster is seven years old.

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I clicked on the link to the poster, and this came up.

FORBIDDEN You do not have permission to access this.

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I clicked on the link to the poster, and this came up. FORBIDDEN You do not have permission to access this.

OH NOES!



oh wait... nvm

This poster?

In what country did you buy your Pringles? Are you in the UK like the Website you linked?
I do find it VERY shocking the website says per "Codex Alimentarius"
Compliance to new Codex upgrade? And MSG still gets to be called a
flavour enhancer?!?
FRIGHTENING!!

reply to post by abecedarian
It shows me an image of a red circle with a slash inside it (forbidden)

I think my eyes are too 'unwashed masses' to view it.

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I guess it is time for everyone to start looking at everything we buy. I can say with some certainty I will never buy Pringles again. It was just mulched and fried potato flavored gruel anyway. IMHO not terribly unlike MacDonalds hydrogenated wood products chicken macnuggets and their hydrogenated petroleum product milkshakes. The only time you can guarantee your food is real is if you know the farmer personally or you grow it yourself from non-monsanto seeds.

Cheers - Dave

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Oops... didn't realize that. It's being protected from hotlinking.
The original URL is www.masternewmedia.org... scroll about 1/3 down the page.
It's the same as here: link to bing search

Originally posted by bobs_uruncle
I guess it is time for everyone to start looking at everything we buy. I can say with some certainty I will never buy Pringles again. It was just mulched and fried potato flavored gruel anyway. IMHO not terribly unlike MacDonalds hydrogenated wood products chicken macnuggets and their hydrogenated petroleum product milkshakes. The only time you can guarantee your food is real is if you know the farmer personally or you grow it yourself from non-monsanto seeds.

Cheers - Dave

I search for what I eat for many years. I'm pretty lucky that I can cook all my food by myself from base ingredients (as I'm working over internet from home). I prefer to buy from local farmers but it is year by year more difficult. There is another great trouble with supermarket "fresh" vegetables: in many cases it is irradiated to boost "guaranteed storage period". This process is quite destructive if you take nutritional value into account. Similar as with microwave ovens. Next fall I'll find 2 or 3 days and I'll by durable vegetables for all winter/spring period from locals (I'm able to store it). It will also save my time&money.

reply to post by rexusdiablos

Hi, rexusdiablos.

If anything has **monosodium glutamate** I DO NOT BUY ! !

Blue skies.

Originally posted by bobs_uruncle
I guess it is time for everyone to start looking at everything we buy. I can say with some certainty I will never buy Pringles again. It was just mulched and fried potato flavored gruel anyway. IMHO not terribly unlike MacDonalds hydrogenated wood products chicken macnuggets and their hydrogenated petroleum product milkshakes. The only time you can guarantee your food is real is if you know the farmer personally or you grow it yourself from non-monsanto seeds.

Cheers - Dave

Before codex allimysterious, do you really think Pringles were good for you?

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@afterschoolfun: Thanks for reposting the poster for others to view.

@Moonsouljah: I bought the pack in Ireland though it's a food product of the UK. I'm embarrassed to admit this but I completely overlooked the MSG. Cheers for posting the screen-shot from the official website.

@bobs_uruncle: I agree. When all is said and done we'll be eating irradiated cardboard. This is a cruel crime against humanity. We're like race-cars running on gravy.

@zeddissad: I'm transitioning from Vegan to a raw food diet. It's tricky because I love spuds.

@C-JEAN: Agreed. I love how Wikipedia greatly plays down the negative implications of MSG:
en.wikipedia.org...

@truthquest: No, not at all. I'll usually opt for a tin instead of some chocolate. Frying pan, fryer, eh?

Has anyone come across mentions of Codex on any other products?

I asked a local rent-a-plot farm but they hadn't heard of it.

I've made several calls to governmental departments and was told that one represantive was in Rome and the other was Germany. How weird is that? Shouldn't there be at least one authority in Ireland on Codex at any one time? Neither of them returned my calls btw.

[edit on 9-3-2010 by rexusdiablos]

It all so suddenly clear now....

We must all worship the almighty "Monosodium Glutamate"!
All praise and be blessed by the truly awesome power of MSG!

I think their reading way to much into a product label...
Sad to think of our youth being so poorly read they seek answers to lifes great mysteries on the back of a pringles can

My hunch is that the Codex is published by a trade organization to allow "food processing" companies to check all the international standards in one place. All the US, Mexican, Canadian, EU "purity" and labeling laid out so that you can produce junk food in one country and ship it to another without changing the package. Not exactly sinister. Calling Pringles "potato chips" is sinister.

web.archive.org...://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/291/CXS_118e.pdf

It's not about adding something to the food. It's about disguising the fact that even "gluten-free" isn't gluten-free.

P.S.: web archive hyperlinks don't seem to work right. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Can someone explain to me what Codex Alimentarius is and why is it bad for you please?

Never heard of the ingredient.

Originally posted by DaddyBare
It all so suddenly clear now....

We must all worship the almighty "Monosodium Glutamate"!
All praise and be blessed by the truly awesome power of MSG!

I think their reading way to much into a product label...
Sad to think of our youth being so poorly read they seek answers to lifes great mysteries on the back of a pringles can

Great attitude you have there, Rambo. Codex Alimentarius isn't something to be taken flippantly. The ramifications of the imposed regulations impact each of us all. Do you even know what Codex is and what it entails or did you just stop by take cheap shots at 'our youth' and their shortcomings according to you?

Originally posted by Sparkey76
Can someone explain to me what Codex Alimentarius is and why is it bad for you please?

Never heard of the ingredient.

It's not an ingredient. It's a rule book for food.

These two videos are a good start. Validate everything for yourself. There's very little proof of the claims made against Codex though personally, it's something I'm wary of.








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