![]() It has zero nutritional value and is purely used to hold things together. Research funded by the National Institutes of Health raises serious concerns about harmful effects of carrageenan as an inflammatory agent on the human gastrointestinal tract. According to Dr. These are ingredients I like to avoid when purchasing foods for my family and I will tell you why.Ĭarrageenan is a seaweed derivative used to thicken, stabilize, and make foods or products gelatinous. If you noticed several of the words in the ingredients list are bolded. Does anyone else feel that is extremely high for a dessert? I lost count so it is probably more but there are at least 70. INGREDIENTS: Icedream (whole milk, sugar, nonfat dry milk, cream, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavors, dried whole eggs, cornstarch, mono and diglycerides, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, guar gum, sodium citrate, annatto and caramel colors, artificial color ), milkshake base (whole milk, sugar, cream, whey powder (milk), nonfat dry milk, artificial flavor, disodium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, guar gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan), peppermint syrup (water, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavors, citric acid, sodium benzoate, pectin, cellulose gum, guar gum, red # 40), red & white dark chocolate peppermint pieces (peppermint twist, powdered sugar, corn starch, silicon dioxide), whipped cream (cream, milk, sugar, sorbitol, nonfat milk solids, artificial flavor, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, polysorbate 80, mixed tocopherols (vitamin E) to protect flavor, propellant: nitrous oxide), cherry. We can all agree that nobody gets a dessert at a fast food restaurant in order to improve their health, but before you indulge in this drink I think it is important to know exactly what you are getting. To be completely honest I have never had one. Anyway…I recently saw that their Peppermint Chocolate Chip Shake is now available for the holiday season. Plus if I am going to eat one I would prefer to make it at home. ![]() ![]() Chicken sandwiches aren’t really my thing. Let me just clarify that I am not directly picking on Chick-fil-A, this just happened to be the shake that sparked the topic of this post. ![]() Drive by any fast food joint with a drive thru, McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s, or Burger King, and you will see or will be seeing soon holiday cheer spread on the windows. Is anyone else getting excited for Christmas? There are decorations going up everywhere and many restaurants around town are spicing up their menu’s with holiday options. We both ate lots of yummy food and Caden had a successful sleepover with my parents. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I know we did in the Buschel family! Caden had his first sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa and Josh and I got to have a weekend staycation to celebrate our anniversary. ![]()
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