Date:   3/10/2006 5:20:39 PM ( 18 y ago)
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Dear finallyfaith,
Gums are now being widely used to extend the shelf life of fresh produce.
http://www.multikem.com/applications.html
http://www.gumproducts.com/
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/19660/
It is not clearly said that you should use them on vegetables, just on fresh produce like fish and pastries.
But they discreetly do advise to use a coating of edible film on tomatoes etc; This "edible" film is actually sprayed and mainly consists of hydrolized gum of some kind in water.

I wasn't aware of this until I was affected by vegetable I was buying at an organic shop. It WAS organic, with my pendulum I found it contained no pesticides. But the answer was positive for MSG!
I thought at first the the dreaded AuxiGro was the culprit.
I found it strange to find it in parsley and fresh herbs, as I previously thought AuxiGro was mainly used for carrots etc.
I tried to wash it off. I washed off a bit after the first wash. Then I tried a second wash. It was OK, testing negative.
This could only mean that the Mono-Sodium-Glutamat (Natrium Glutamat) was not in something that had been used to grow the vegetables, but that it had been added LATER.
It was on lettuce and herbs. So I thought : could it be that they have been soaked in something or sprayed?
A bit worried, but life went on.

Just that same week, I had to go to Bangkok and first thing I did, I went shopping at the only place when I could find organic vegetables : The Emporium luxury Gourmet shop.
And Bingo! Whilst lingering in the supermarket looking at the beautiful food, I spoke to a lady who was filling her cart too. She said to me that she chose only organic vegetables because in Thailand they spray the vegetables with water that contains MSG! Thailand is an Mono-Sodium-Glutamat (Natrium Glutamat) addicted place, as you all know. Obviously they are not getting enough, poor things! I found out later when going back to my hotel that the organic vegetables where sprayed too. But I couldn't warn her as I hadn't taken her phone number.

Once at home from Bangkok, back to my computer, I did a little research and I found the above mentioned links (and others if you care to do this yourself).
Several kinds of gums are mentioned, for example in particular :

Xanthan gum
http://www.xanthan-gum.com/pages/food_grade_xanthan_gum_e.htm
Guar gum :
http://www.thewrightgroup.net/site.php?pageID=33
Arabic gum
http://www.ticgums.com/store/

All of these being hydrolyzed and a prime source of MSG.

There are no labels here! This is "organic" produce!
Surprizingly, I found more of this stuff in organic vegetables than in normal vegetables. I believe this is because this magic potion is an added cost, and it is worth using it only on more expensive products. They must take into consideration not only the cost of the gum freshener, but also he cost of the manpower for spraying it.
Well I don't take vegetables which are not organic because of pesticides, but you have to make a choice in your organic vegetables, especially if you are on a raw Food diet I should think.

After this discovery, I could remove an extra layer of Mono-Sodium-Glutamat (Natrium Glutamat) from my life, which is now very enjoyable, thanks.
All my best wishes for your health :) :) :)
Kalliopi

 

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