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Roses in particular, with all their romantic connotations, look odd on an ingredient list.
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You can recognize them in the ingredient list by looking for words that end in "ol" like xylitol, sorbitol, and lactitol.
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You might have noticed the abbreviation HPUS in that ingredient list: this refers to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, a list of homeopathic drugs.
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Nut products are found in everything from breakfast cereals to egg rolls, and are sometimes left off the ingredient list because only minute amounts are included.
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According to the American Diabetes Association , the best way to identify healthy grains is to look at the ingredient list and make sure the first ingredient in starchy foods is whole wheat flour, brown rice, rye flour, barley or oats.
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Certainly a number inherited but others all or most of their own luck and wealth in everything from fashion to sporting goods to flooring to Chinese restaurants, proving once again that ingenuity is the mother of invention, and an essential ingredient to making our list.
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They are required to know which foods cause reactions, including nuts, fish, shellfish, and eggs, and are encouraged to have a list of every ingredient for each menu item.
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Last month, the Canadian government moved to list triclosan an antibacterial ingredient commonly found in toothpaste as a toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which could result in an outright ban on the antibacterial agent in personal care products, affecting U.S. companies that sell such products north of the border.
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Also, the list is in order -- the closer a whole-grain ingredient is to the top, the more of it the food contains.
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