tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45577961057781513702024-02-07T19:47:19.421-05:00Sea Cliff School Nutrition CommitteeOur goal is to promote meaningful dialogue, initiate reform, and inspire a wholesome food culture in The Sea Cliff School. We view nutritious, minimally processed whole foods as essential to a developing child. We support educational and food service initiatives that foster a healthy, enjoyable relationship with food and empower learners with the tools to make food choices that promote health and well being.sljones718http://www.blogger.com/profile/08870592953652754490noreply@blogger.comBlogger985125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-55629623070981448302014-10-30T22:46:00.001-04:002014-10-31T10:15:53.465-04:00Healthy Snacks Tasting for In Classroom Snacks sponsored by the Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee.<h3 style="text-align: center;">
The Nutrition Committee provided a healthy snacks tasting after school on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Kids flocked our tasting tables excited to chow down on some healthy snacks!</h3>
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<b>Farmigo </b>provided all kinds of apples for our tasting and sliced them fresh in front of the kids. The kids flocked over to try four varieties of apples, sprinkled with cinnamon:</div>
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<b>The apples were: Mutsu, Empire, Cortano, Jonagold</b> </div>
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The Nutrition Committee made cucumbers sticks seasoned with <b>Himalayan Sea Salt</b>, and also offered some packaged healthy snacks.<br />
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<b>Kids exclaimed over and over how much they enjoyed the apples and cucumbers! Who said you can’t get kids to eat their fruits and vegetables.</b><br />
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The children also enjoyed several packaged healthy snacks in addition to the fresh fruit and vegetables. The packaged snacks included:<br />
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• Skinny Pop<br />
• Veggie Straws by Sensible Portions<br />
• Multigrain Tortilla Chips by Food Should Taste Good<br />
(also offered in the cafeteria as a snack item)<br />
• Organic 100 calorie Wholly Guacamole<br />
• Hummus by Rising Tide Grocery Store in Glen Cove<br />
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These are some great ways to get our kids to making healthier eating choices. Especially giving them fresh fruits and vegetables, jazzing them up with some seasoning will help them be healthier eaters as they grow older.<br />
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**** Many Snacks today were donated by<br />
Rising Tide Organic Store in Glen Cove THANK YOU! <br />
<a href="http://risingtidemarket.com/">http://risingtidemarket.com/</a>Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-64489211597430425642014-10-23T20:55:00.000-04:002014-10-23T20:55:29.246-04:0010 Foods to Avoid<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-9228086065149895832014-10-21T23:12:00.000-04:002014-10-25T15:07:30.640-04:00Demystifying the Sea Cliff School Cafeteria<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Demystifying the Sea Cliff School Cafeteria</h3>
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Tuesday, October 28th 8:45 a.m. In The Sea Cliff Cafeteria<br />
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Join Lisa Papalia, Food Service - Cook Manager, North Shore Schools<br />
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Find out what a balanced lunch tray is!<br />
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Ask questions!<br />
What and/or how much your child is eating?<br />
Why can't our school be nut free?<br />
What do Alternative Entrees mean?<br />
What are the Monthly Specials - How are they chosen?<br />
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Come see a sample lunch and check out our salad bar!</div>
Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-82777440876314311042014-10-14T19:24:00.002-04:002014-10-14T19:24:57.813-04:00Teal pumpkins try to change Halloween for kids with food allergies<h3>
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<span class="userContent">Halloween is a true challenge for parents with allergy kids. Please read this, The Teal Pumpkin Project and think about giving out allergy free "treats". </span></h3>
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Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-5788254579746298852014-10-11T12:04:00.004-04:002014-10-11T12:06:32.214-04:00Farmigo Promotion Code!Check out Farmigo's FB page, Like it, and order from them! Use this week's <a href="https://www.farmigo.com/select/seacliffelementary-seacliff#">#FarmigoFriday </a>promotion PERFECTPROTEINS and receive $10 off any order that includes meat, seafood or beans!Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-62220862828364821602014-10-09T17:58:00.000-04:002014-10-09T17:58:17.205-04:00Working Organic Farm, Right in our Backyard!<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Queens County Farm Museum. Home to the longest continuously farmed site in New York State. Sounds like a great place to visit!</h3>
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Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-34553231992890505452014-10-07T22:45:00.001-04:002014-10-07T22:45:30.271-04:00Divvies Allergy Free Cupcakes Available for a Limited Time<br />
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Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-68108076850498516552014-10-05T23:10:00.000-04:002014-10-05T23:10:07.064-04:009 Make-Ahead Snacks for School Lunches<br />
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When Chicken Fingers Come Off the Menu.</h3>
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<strong><span style="color: #0c0767;">FRESH PRODUCE - DIRECT FROM THE FARM TO SEA CLIFF SCHOOL</span></strong></h2>
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a Brooklyn based Benefit Company that delivers fresh, seasonal and
sustainable produce sourced from local farms, is coming to Sea Cliff.
The service allows community members to purchase vegetables, meats, and
other food items on-line, and to pick up their orders a few days later
at Sea Cliff School.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Anyone, not just Sea Cliff Elementary parents, are welcome to join the Sea Cliff produce purchasing community. <br /><br />Purchases support sustainable small farms and the local economy, and 10% of all proceeds go back to Sea Cliff School.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Farmigo
partners with family-run farms to provide a direct link between small
producers and mindful consumers. Like a community supported agriculture
organization (CSA), Farmigo works within communities,to reinforce the
sense of joining together around food. The service was brought to the
School through the efforts of Sea Cliff mom Nedra Bleifer, and with
support from Principal Chis Zublionis and the Sea Cliff PCA. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">According
to to Farmigo's website, all produce is organic-certified, grown by
farmers who use sustainable growing practices, and the meat is
pasture-raised, the fish wild-caught, and the eggs and dairy free of
GMOs, hormones and antibiotics. All produce is harvested within 48
hours of delivery. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The system is quite simple, and allows customers to "pay-as-you-go," and requires no long-term commitment. One only need go to </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.farmigo.com/seacliffelementary" target="_blank" title="">https://www.farmigo.com/seacliffelementary</a> to set up an account </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Every week, members place their individual orders by Sunday night at midnight;<br /><em>on Monday</em>, Farmigo sends all orders to the farmers, who harvest on <em>Tuesday</em>;<br /><em>on Wednesdays</em>,
farmers deliver their produce to Farmigo, where items are sorted and
placed in individual shopping bags, with each member's name labeled;<br />From 2:45 to 4:00pm on Wednesday, Sea Cliff Community members retrieve their orders; o<em>n Thursday</em>, orders are processed, to allow for members to send feedback on their delivery and alert Farmigo of any issue by emailing <strong><a href="mailto:help@farmigo.com" target="_blank" title="">help@farmigo.com</a>.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The
system allows for a standing weekly order that is automatically in
place for each week, if that is what the customer desires. If not, the
order can easily be modified or put on hold at any time. There are no
order minimums and no commitment fees.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The first delivery is on Wednesday, January 29, for which orders must be received by midnight this Sunday. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br />To sign up and order from the Sea Cliff Community, visit this link - </span><a href="http://www.farmigo.com/seacliffelementary" target="_blank" title=""><span style="font-size: small;">www.farmigo.com/seacliffelementary</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">or contact Nedra Bleifer at <a href="mailto:bleifernedra@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="">bleifernedra@gmail.com</a>.<br /><br />For further information on Farmigo, please contact Ludovica Ferme: <a href="mailto:ludovica@farmigo.com" target="_blank" title="">ludovica@farmigo.com</a>.</span>Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-199006968783098222014-01-28T23:12:00.001-05:002014-01-28T23:12:49.383-05:00You Won’t Believe Where Silly Putty Is Hiding In Your Foodhttp://foodbabe.com/2013/10/22/sillyputty/<br />
<br />
<h2>
Dimethylpolysiloxane 101 (a.k.a. Silly Putty)</h2>
Dimethylsiloxane is commonly used in vinegary-smelling silicone
caulks, adhesives, and aquarium sealants, a component in silicone
grease and other silicone based lubricants, as well as in defoaming
agents, mold release agents, damping fluids, heat transfer fluids,
polishes, cosmetics, hair conditioners AND IN OUR FOOD!<br />
There have been no major studies conducted on the safety of dimethylsiloxane in food by the FDA or the Food Industry <a href="http://www.themilkweed.com/Pizza_Cheese_Update_March_2006.pdf" target="_blank">since it was approved in 1998</a>,
but the food industry is allowed to use it in anything they want
(except milk). Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwiches, McDonalds French Fries,
KFC Mash Potatoes and Biscuits, Taco Bell Cinnamon Twists, Five Guys
French Fries, Dominos Bread Sticks, and on and on – the list of guilty
restaurants is mind-blowing.<br />
<span id="more-15210"></span>Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-58141836400566038452013-11-25T21:22:00.000-05:002013-11-25T21:22:58.316-05:00<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's for Lunch, Tuesday 11/26/201<span style="font-size: large;">3</span></span></span></h2>
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<h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Southwest Taco Bowl</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Corn Tortilla Bowl</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brown Rice, Tomato, Cheese, Salsa, & Romaine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chipotle Vinaigrette</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zesty Black Beans</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet Corn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Add<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Chicken on Request*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pineapple Chunks in Juice</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The brown rice is a great whole
grain. The black beans are canned. I'm assuming the same for the corn .</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
The southwest-style chicken is from
Tyson and described as diced, cooked "chicken meat." Read more about
farm animals raised by industrial giants like Tyson, <a href="http://www.scsfood.blogspot.com/2012/05/weekend-reading_18.html"> antibiotics and hormones.</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"> </a> The bowl comes from Smokewood Foods. The
ingredients are described just as "enriched masa flour" and they look
like a big rectangular corn chip. They have 5g of fat and no sodium. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">GF </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">NO SALAD BAR TODAY</span></span></div>
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<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></h2>
Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-27065811970043824472013-11-24T18:22:00.000-05:002013-11-24T18:22:14.329-05:00<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's for Lunch, Monday 11/25/201<span style="font-size: large;">3</span></span></span></h2>
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<h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flatbread Cheese Pizza<span style="font-size: small;"> - </span>Add Chicken on Request*</span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caesar Salad</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strawberry Smoothie</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Unlike many schools, we <b>do </b>make these pizzas. This is a white-flour pizza (not whole grain). The sauce is a Red Pack
vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium at 140mg is much lower
than we previously used. Here are the ingredients: Tomato
Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium
Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder,
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha
Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate).</span> <br />
<span><br /></span>
<span><b>Go with cheese. </b> The chicken is a pre-cooked breaded Tyson chicken
product. The ingredients are: Boneless, skinless chicken breast filets
with rib meat, water, modified
food starch, sodium phosphates, salt.
PREDUSTED WITH: Enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced
iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten, salt.
BATTERED WITH: Water, enriched bleached wheat flour (enriched with
niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid),
modified corn starch, salt, dextrose, spices, garlic powder, xanthan
gum, oleoresin paprika and annatto.
BREADED WITH: Enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron,
thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, spices, garlic
powder, extractives of paprika, natural flavors (spice extractives).
Breading set in vegetable oil. Their serving size has 10g of fat (2 of
which are saturated) and 620 mg of sodium.</span></span> </span></span></div>
Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-71026923425665367742013-11-20T19:30:00.002-05:002013-11-20T19:30:17.863-05:00<div data-canvas-width="37.48548971252441" data-font-name="g_font_p0_1" dir="ltr" style="left: 534.399px; top: 495.84px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.901455, 1);">
<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's for Lunch, Thursday 11/21/201</span></span></h2>
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<h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">French Bread Pizza Plain OR with Meatballs</span></span></h4>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caesar Salad with Chickpeas & Tomatoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fresh Melon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>We make these ourselves - we do not serve highly processed frozen pizzas. For our various
pizzas, we use the Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The
sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used.
Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato
Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion
Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C
(Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl
Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate).
The cheese is a USDA commodity part skim mozzarella.
Ingredients are cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes. The
sodium is 240mg/oz - we use 2 ounces. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The meatballs we've used previously are
processed, cooked and frozen by Tyson from commodity beef and although
we've improved the beef in our hamburgers, the same is
true for the meatballs. Ingredients are: Ground beef
(not more than 20% fat), water, bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour,
salt, yeast, dextrose, and soybean oil), seasoning (salt, dehydrated
onion, dehydrated celery, garlic powder, spices, soybean oil), tomato
puree (tomatoes and citric acid), grated parmesan cheese [(cultured
part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder, potassium
sorbate], grated romano cheese made from cow's milk [(cultured
pasteurized part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder,
potassium sorbate]. They have 9g of fat (3 are saturated) and 450 mg
of sodium. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Caesar salad is pretty clear - romaine is a traditional choice for
caesar but also more nutritious than iceberg. The Caesar salad dressing
is organic by Chelten. Here are the ingredients: filtered water,
organic soybean oil, organic white vinegar, organic Parmesan cheese
(pasteurized organic cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, microbial
enzymes, organic potato starch), pasteurized organic frozen whole egg
yolks, salt, organic sugar, organic ground mustard seed, organic garlic
powder organic onion powder, organic black pepper, xanthan gum. (in 2
tbsp - 8 g fat, 160 mg sodium).
</span></span></span></div>
Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-72273276341086932202013-11-18T17:37:00.004-05:002013-11-18T17:37:39.035-05:00<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">What's for Lunch, Tuesday 11/19/2013</span></span>
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span>
<div class="post-header">
</div>
<h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Homemade Baked Zit<span style="font-size: small;">i</span></span></span></h4>
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the Farm...</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sautéed Broccoli with Garlic & Oil</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fresh Fruit Salad</span></span><br />
</div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
The ziti is a white flour pasta with some protein by Barilla Plus. The
ingredients are: Semolina, Grain and Legume Flour, Blend
(Lentils, Chickpeas, Egg Whites, Spelt, Barley, Flaxseed, Oat
Fiber, Oats), Durum Flour, Niacin, Iron (Ferrous Sulfate),
Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sauce is a Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium
at 140mg is much lower than we previously used. Here are the
ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar,
Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric
Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black
Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural
Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate)
</span></span>Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-64607662812009464502013-11-18T10:28:00.001-05:002013-11-18T10:28:31.834-05:00Food allergy epinephrine bill reaches Obama's desk<i>Updated 4:25 p.m. E.T. </i><br />
<span class="loc">WASHINGTON</span>President
Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill that gives a financial
incentive to states to stockpile emergency medications in schools that
could save lives in the cases of allergic reactions.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57612201/food-allergy-epinephrine-bill-reaches-obamas-desk/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57612201/food-allergy-epinephrine-bill-reaches-obamas-desk/</a>Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-83574344790556634982013-11-17T19:31:00.001-05:002013-11-17T19:31:24.837-05:00<h2>
What's for Lunch, Monday 11/18/2013 </h2>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">BRUNCH FOR LUNCH</span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Homemade Challah French Toast<br />
w/Orange Rounds<br />
Applegate Farms® Turkey Bacon</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">‐</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">OR </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Scrambled Egg & Cheese Wrap</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sweet Potato "Puffs"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Orange Slices<br />
Salad Bar Veggie Sides</span></span></div>
<br />
<br />
This is a very popular meal. That's why we serve it. But it's not good for you.<br />
<br />
Join me in saying "No" to meal declared to be "cake" for lunch by our
committee's nutritionist. Plus, the liberal allocation of syrup is
basically <a href="http://scsfood.blogspot.com/2010/07/additive-of-week-high-fructose-corn.html">HFCS</a>.
(News Flash! Next year we will replace the high fructose corn syrup
with actual maple syrup! But it won't make up for the lack of any whole
grains in this meal.)<br />
<br />
Nonetheless, here are the details: You do get fresh orange slices.<br />
<br />
The turkey bacon is by Applegate. It is nitrate-free. Here are the
ingredients: Turkey (Turkey Used Never Administered Antibiotics, Growth
Promotants or Animal By-products), Water, Sea Salt, Maple Sugar, Celery
Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not From
Milk.)<br />
<br />
<br />
Then there are the commodity potatoes processed by McCain's into tater
tots -- although they are labeled "frozen pre-formed potato rounds."
They have 7g of fat (one of which is saturated) and 190mg of sodium.
Ingredients are: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the
following oils: canola, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, corn). Contains
2% or less of dextrose, salt, sodium acid pyrophosphate added to
maintain natural color.<br />
<br />
Raisins are domestic. <br />
<br />
Sides from the salad bar - or better yet, have a salad as your meal today.<br />
<br />
People do eat sandwiches and salads for lunch. French toast, not so much.Michele Malone Darouvarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580864920997511692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557796105778151370.post-27547345196643257142013-11-14T19:56:00.000-05:002013-11-14T19:56:41.015-05:00<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's for Lunch, Friday 11/15/13 </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pita Pizza</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whole Wheat Pita, Pizza Sauce, Mozzarella & Basil</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Add Meatballs on Request</span></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Veggie Sticks with Dip</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Raisins</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We make these ourselves - we do not serve highly processed frozen pizzas. For our various
pizzas, we use the Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The
sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used.
Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato
Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion
Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C
(Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl
Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate).
The cheese is a USDA commodity part skim mozzarella.
Ingredients are cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes. The
sodium is 240mg/oz - we use 2 ounces. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The meatballs we've used previously are
processed, cooked and frozen by Tyson from commodity beef and although
we've improved the beef in our hamburgers, the same is
true for the meatballs. Ingredients are: Ground beef
(not more than 20% fat), water, bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour,
salt, yeast, dextrose, and soybean oil), seasoning (salt, dehydrated
onion, dehydrated celery, garlic powder, spices, soybean oil), tomato
puree (tomatoes and citric acid), grated parmesan cheese [(cultured
part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder, potassium
sorbate], grated romano cheese made from cow's milk [(cultured
pasteurized part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder,
potassium sorbate]. They have 9g of fat (3 are saturated) and 450 mg
of sodium. <br />
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's for Lunch, Thursday 11/14/13 </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the Ranch to you...</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taco Thursday!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beef Taco Corn Tortilla Shell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">OR</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Corn Tortilla Chips</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Romaine Lettuce</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zesty Black Beans, Salsa & Cheese</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orange Slices</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">GF</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our district has contracted with a New York State farm to provide beef raised without
antibiotics and hormones. It is more expensive and there is less beef on
the menu as a result but it is a huge improvement in the quality of our
lunches. We season and prepare this dish. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The hard taco shells from Mission foodservice contain: whole grain corn,
water, vegetable oil (one or more of the following: cottonseed oil,
corn oil or palm oil), contains 2% or less of niacin, reduced iron,
thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin lime. No sodium - 6g of fat (2 of
which are saturated)</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The salsa is actually organic by Green Mountain and the
ingredients are: tomatoes, fire-roasted chiles, onions, tomatillos,
jalapeno peppers, pasilla peppers, apple cider vinegar,
cilantro, parsley, garlic, sea salt, spices. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
The tortilla chips are a gluten free option </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Orange Slices are Fresh </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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Drink Ingredient Gets a Look</h1>
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Sarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula.</div>
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A petition on Change.org asks for the removal of brominated vegetable oil from Gatorade.</div>
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But before she took a sip, Sarah, a dedicated vegetarian, did what she
often does and checked the label to make sure no animal products were in
the drink. One ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, caught her eye.</div>
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“I knew it probably wasn’t from an animal because it had vegetable in
the name, but I still wanted to know what it was, so I Googled it,” Ms.
Kavanagh said. “A page popped up with a long list of possible side
effects, including neurological disorders and altered thyroid hormones. I
didn’t expect that.”</div>
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She threw the product away and started <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks" style="color: #666699;" title="Change.org Web page.">a petition</a> on Change.org, a nonprofit Web site, that has almost 200,000 signatures. Ms. Kavanagh, 15, hopes her campaign will persuade<a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/pepsico_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="More information about Pepsico Inc">PepsiCo</a>, Gatorade’s maker, to consider changing the drink’s formulation.</div>
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Jeff Dahncke, a spokesman for PepsiCo, noted that brominated vegetable
oil had been deemed safe for consumption by federal regulators. “As
standard practice, we constantly evaluate our formulas and ingredients
to ensure they comply with federal regulations and meet the high quality
standards our consumers and athletes expect — from functionality to
great taste,” he said in an e-mail.</div>
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In fact, about 10 percent of drinks sold in the United States contain
brominated vegetable oil, including Mountain Dew, also made by PepsiCo;
Powerade, Fanta Orange and Fresca from Coca-Cola; and Squirt and Sunkist
Peach Soda, made by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.</div>
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The ingredient is added often to citrus drinks to help keep the fruit
flavoring evenly distributed; without it, the flavoring would separate.</div>
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Use of the substance in the United States has been debated for more than
three decades, so Ms. Kavanagh’s campaign most likely is quixotic. But
the European Union has long banned the substance from foods, requiring
use of other ingredients. Japan recently moved to do the same.</div>
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“B.V.O. is banned other places in the world, so these companies already
have a replacement for it,” Ms. Kavanagh said. “I don’t see why they
don’t just make the switch.” To that, companies say the switch would be
too costly.</div>
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The renewed debate, which has brought attention to the arcane world of
additive regulation, comes as consumers show increasing interest in food
ingredients and have new tools to learn about them. Walmart’s app, for
instance, allows access to lists of ingredients in foods in its stores.</div>
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Brominated vegetable oil contains bromine, the element found in
brominated flame retardants, used in things like upholstered furniture
and children’s products. Research has found brominate flame retardants
building up in the body and breast milk, and animal and some human
studies have linked them to neurological impairment, reduced fertility,
changes in thyroid hormones and puberty at an earlier age.</div>
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Limited studies of the effects of brominated vegetable oil in animals
and in humans found buildups of bromine in fatty tissues. Rats that
ingested large quantities of the substance in their diets developed
heart lesions.</div>
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Its use in foods dates to the 1930s, well before Congress amended the
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to add regulation of new food additives to
the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration. But Congress
exempted two groups of additives, those already sanctioned by the F.D.A.
or the Department of Agriculture, or those experts deemed “generally
recognized as safe.”</div>
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The second exemption created what Tom Neltner, director of the Pew
Charitable Trusts’ food additives project, a three-year investigation
into how food additives are regulated, calls “the loophole that
swallowed the law.” A company can create a new additive, publish safety
data about it on its Web site and pay a law firm or consulting firm to
vet it to establish it as “generally recognized as safe” — without ever
notifying the F.D.A., Mr. Neltner said.</div>
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About 10,000 chemicals are allowed to be added to foods, about 3,000 of
which have never been reviewed for safety by the F.D.A., according to
Pew’s research. Of those, about 1,000 never come before the F.D.A.
unless someone has a problem with them; they are declared safe by a
company and its handpicked advisers.</div>
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“I worked on the industrial and consumer products side of things in the
past, and if you take a new chemical and put it into, say, a tennis
racket, you have to notify the E.P.A. before you put it in,” Mr. Neltner
said, referring to the Environmental Protection Agency. “But if you put
it into food and can document it as recognized as safe by someone
expert, you don’t have to tell the F.D.A.”</div>
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Michael R. Taylor, deputy commissioner for food and veterinary medicine
at the agency, said: “From our standpoint, we do need to look at whether
this regime established by Congress almost 60 years ago gives us the
information we need. It would be desirable for F.D.A. to have more
information on products being added to food.”</div>
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The F.D.A. is aware of the controversy surrounding brominated vegetable
oil. It took the ingredient off its list of substances “generally
recognized as safe” in 1970, after the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers
Association revoked its approval of it. The group’s expert panel is the
primary body for evaluating the safety of flavoring substances added to
food; if it rules something is “generally recognized as safe,” the
F.D.A. goes along.</div>
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John Halligan, senior adviser and general counsel to the organization,
said that during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the expert panel was
reviewing many older additives that had been grandfathered into
“generally recognized as safe” status when the federal law was changed.</div>
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“They came to B.V.O. and there had been some new studies done which
weren’t definitive,” he said. “The panel looked at data and said it
doesn’t look like we have an adequate database here to conclude this
substance is generally recognized as safe, so they revoked its status.”</div>
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Subsequently, Patricia El-Hinnawy, a spokeswoman for the F.D.A, wrote in
an e-mail, the agency asked the association to do studies on brominated
vegetable oil in mice, rats, dogs and pigs. She said that the
organization made “several submissions of safety data” to the F.D.A.
while those studies were going on, roughly from 1971 to 1974.</div>
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“F.D.A. determined that the totality of evidence supported the safe use
of B.V.O. in fruit-flavored beverages up to 15 parts per million,” Ms.
El-Hinnawy wrote.</div>
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<a href="http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=180.30" style="color: #666699;" title="Text of F.D.A. regulation.">That ruling</a>,
made in 1977, was supposed to be interim, pending more studies, but 35
years later it is unchanged. “Any change in the interim status of B.V.O.
would require an expenditure of F.D.A.’s limited resources, which is
not a public health protection priority for the agency at this time,”
Ms. El-Hinnawy wrote.</div>
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Meanwhile, no further testing has been done. While most people have limited exposure to brominated vegetable oil, an extensive <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soda-chemical-cloudy-health-history" style="color: #666699;" title="The article.">article</a> about
it by Environmental Health News that ran in Scientific American last
year found that video gamers and others who binge on sodas and other
drinks containing the ingredient experience skin lesions, nerve
disorders and memory loss.</div>
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Michael F. Jacobson, co-founder and executive director of the Center for
Science in the Public Interest, said some studies show that B.V.O.
collects in fatty tissues, raising questions about what its effect might
be during weight loss. Dr. Jacobson, who looked into the research on
brominated vegetable oil after being asked about it by The New York
Times, concluded, “The testing of B.V.O. is abysmal.”</div>
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He said the longest studies of the ingredient he could find covered only
four months, while most food additives are usually tested for two
years, making it impossible to establish a safe level of consumption.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The noodles we're using for the Mac n cheese are Barilla Plus. The
ingredients are: Semolina, Grain and Legume Flour, Blend (Lentils,
Chickpeas, Egg Whites, Spelt, Barley, Flaxseed, Oat Fiber, Oats), Durum
Flour, Niacin, Iron (Ferrous Sulfate), Thiamine Mononitrate,
Riboflavin, Folic Acid. The sauce is made from Wisconsin Cheddar. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Broccoli is Fresh.</span></span></div>
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This is the Catchup used in our cafeteria. </h2>
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<a href="http://www.redgold.com/red-gold-brand/products/product-details?brand_id=1&product_id=1044">www.redgold.com/red-gold-brand/products/product-details?brand_id=1&product_id=1044</a></div>
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What about an organic alternative? A Catchup without <b>High Fructose Corn Syrup</b> as an ingredient.</div>
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I know it might be more expensive - but wouldn't it be worth it!</div>
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