What Ingredients Are In A Box Of Macaroni And Cheese?

Debbie Banana Teaches Elementary School Children Ingredients In Mac ‘n Cheese

Bobbie Banana, The Mad Scientist & Debbie Banana and the Debbie Banana elementary school assembly teaches school children what is really in that box of mac ‘n cheese. I have been presenting the elementary program “Debbie Banana And The Mad Scientist” at many schools the past few months. Pottstown (PA) school district invited me to present at all 5 of their elementary schools.  The program teaches children what ingredients are in that blue box of macaroni and cheese and how important it is to eat five fruits and veggies a day.

Bobby Banana

Bobby Banana

Debbie Banana teams up with her friend Bobbie Banana and the Crazy Mad Scientist to bring the children an exciting school assembly and wellness program. Bobbie provides the music and lively video, Deb Banana brings the concept of 5 fruits and vegetables a day to the children and the crazy Mad Scientist shows the children what all those chemicals mean. The program paid for by many school’s health and wellness grants brings children a new found understanding of what whole food really is.

Debbie Banana

Ingredients In Boxed Macaroni & Cheese

Depending on the the brand the exact ingredients may differ from box to box. Some of the more interesting ingredients that I have seen on mac n’ cheese labels include:

White Flour (not whole food)
Salt
Glyceryl Monostearate (algae)
Ferrous Sulfate
Whey
Malto Dextrin (sugar)
Hydrogenated Fat
Milk
Cheese Culture
More Salt
Enzymes
Corn Starch
Powdered Cellulose (saw dust or wood fiber)
Corn Syrup (sugar)
More Salt
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Caseinate
Natural Flavor (not really natural)
Artificial Flavor (as natural, made in factories that make shaving cream and floor soap)
Autoloyzed Yeast (man-made MSG)
Citric Acid (fake lemon juice)
Monoglycerides (made from coconuts)
Titanium Dioxide (rocks)
FDC Yellow # 5 (made from tar)
FDC Yellow # 6 (made from petroleum)
Yellow Lake # 5 (same)
FDC Red (made from ground up spiders)

Kids Deserve Real-Whole Food

Mad Scientist

Does that look good to you? Your kids deserve the best! Give your children real food. Home made macaroni and cheese does not take any more time to make. It just takes thought, planning and willingness. Your kids deserve to be healthy and whole food choices will give them a healthy future. Invite Debbie Banana To your school district to improve your student health and wellness. They deserve it!

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 1:36 pm and is filed under Children's Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


One Response to “What Ingredients Are In A Box Of Macaroni And Cheese?”

  1. Noel Chapman Says:

    Deb,

    You are so right. If we all took a little more time in reading the ingredients on foods, we’d all be more responsible in maintaining our health. I like the pictures. You look like you were having fun. Your so creative.
    Noel

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