Breyers Ice Cream Persuasive Essay

Would you eat a bowl full of rat poison and call it cereal? I really don’t think you would. What about giving your child de-icing chemicals for breakfast? I think you would have to be insane in order to do that as well. I ask these questions because foods that claim to be “healthy” may contain harmful chemicals, many of which the average person has no idea what they really are.

Do you remember the 1997 Breyers ice cream commercial that asks a very simple question— “What’s in your ice cream?” In the commercial, they have young children read the label of some brands of ice cream. The kids are unable to read what’s in the ice cream, let alone understand what it means. The message that Breyers was trying to get across is that if you can’t even
Annatto has been reported to affect your skin, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and central nervous system damage it is commonly mixed with MSG.

Professor Floch is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. His review concludes “It is clear that annatto is common in our foods, it is clear that it is not known as a significant producer of allergic responses, and it is unknown to most of our practitioners dealing with allergies and the irritable bowel syndrome. Therefore, it behooves us to begin studies in investigating the role of dyes such as annatto in the production of the symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome.”- Floch MH. Annatto, diet, and the irritable bowel syndrome. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2009;43(10):905-6.

Annatto is found in American cheese, cheddar cheese, and velveeta cheese, some crackers, cereals, some salad dressing, some ice creams, gourmet mustards, bouillon cubes, sugar-free Jell-O, crystallight mixes, some butters, microwave and theater
They are an active member of the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM), which regulates purity and dependability. You can find Wild at wildcolours.co.uk.

Seelect Tea: Seelect’s are UDSA organic certified food colors that are made with various fruits and vegetables such as cabbage, hibiscus flowers, gardenia flowers, annatto seeds, turmeric root, beets, carrots, and cabbage. You can find Seelect tea at seelecttea.com they ship international.

Nature’s Flavors: With a very wide range of colors made from flowers and vegetables that contain antioxidants, bioflavonoids, and polyphenols, Nature’s Flavors are organic and are one of the first companies to produce all-natural organic flavors and colors. You can find Nature’s Flavors at naturesflavors.com.

Here is what to look for on the packaging to make sure your dyes are safe: Natural YELLOW—made from turmeric powder, yellow carrots, lemon zest, saffron flowers, bee pollen.
Natural ORANGE—made from orange carrots, orange zest, carrot juice, pumpkin, papaya, cumin