Yes, gluten could be the culprit, but it might be all the other processed ingredients.
Even the most heavily processed food brands, such as McDonald's, pay lip service to better, less processed ingredients.
The problem is that the point of the book, and the series, is that cooking can be made quicker and easier by using selected processed ingredients.
So the kind of meals that I cook and the food products that I buy don't contain any industrially processed ingredients.
Critics say that these offerings are still artificial, highly processed ingredients that may not be much safer than oils produced by partial hydrogenation.
"The thing that struck me about this product was the amount of processed ingredients that you wouldn't find at home – emulsifiers, stabilisers, malt barley extract.
And though I dream that they will end up more like Alice Waters than Rachael Ray, I have not banned timesaving processed ingredients like canned sauces and broths.
Two California mothers are suing General Mills, claiming the giant food company has deceptively marketed its Nature Valley products as natural when they contain highly processed ingredients.
Other concerns, like the amount of processed ingredients in a food, were more difficult to represent in the label, noted Mr. Pollan.
The importance of understanding the fundamental science behind wine production is so that students can make informed decisions about what processes, ingredients, or steps are most critical for the style and quality of the product they are producing.
