GL Focus: Clean Food Label

Which one of the following ingredients is NOT found in Garden Lites Roasted Vegetable Souffle...

• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Egg Whites
• Zucchini
• Spinach
• Autolyzed Yeast Extract
• Broccoli
• Red Peppers
• Onions
• Whole Eggs
• Brown Sugar
• Rice Flour
• Sea Salt
• Salt
• Spices

You may have guessed that one of those ingredients stands out like a sore thumb - Autolyzed Yeast Extract. It just doesn't sound natural... and it's not! But it can be found in one of our competitor's souffles. (Who shall remain nameless and teaches you to READ YOUR LABELS!)

That additive is classified as a "Flavor Enhancer" according to the FDA. It's made in a lab by taking a processed yeast product and extracting the cell contents. Yum!

By not using any additives or unnatural ingredients, Garden Lites has a "Clean Food Label" and can feel confident that we only make healthy, natural food. You can pronounce all of our ingredients, you know what they are, they occur naturally in the world and are most likely sitting in your pantry. If you're working with great food from the beginning, you don't need a chemistry lab to add flavor, it's already there.

Check the labels of foods you normally eat. Is there something listed that you don't know what it means? Look it up! It might surprise you what you've been consuming. The cleaner the label, the better you can feel - inside, and out.