Crispy Battered Fish Fillets

Why it’s rated Avoid

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• Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil) Industrial Seed Oil / High Linoleic Acid & Processing Oxidation
  Avoid
• Cottonseed Oil Industrial Seed Oil / Heavy Pesticide Residue & Gossypol
  Avoid
• Tertiary Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) Synthetic Petroleum Preservative / Immune Dysfunction
  Avoid
• Vegetable Oil (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — almost always refined soybean/canola.
  Avoid
• Natural Flavors (Undisclosed) Proprietary Mixture Loophole
  Use Caution
• Citric Acid (Manufactured / Mold-Derived) Fermentation Byproduct / Mold & Inflammatory Response
  Use Caution
• Sugar (Added) Added sugar — limit, not avoid.
  Use Caution
• Dextrose Refined corn-derived sugar.
  Use Caution
• Corn Syrup Refined syrup (HFCS itself remains Avoid).
  Use Caution
• Modified Corn Starch Chemically modified starch; marks highly processed food.
  Use Caution
• Food Gums (Xanthan, Guar, Gellan) Generally safe; some people find gums irritate digestion. Limit, not avoid.
  Use Caution
• Flavor (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — same practical allowance as natural flavours.
  Use Caution
• Soy Lecithin Usually solvent-extracted from conventional soy. (Sunflower lecithin is the cleaner alternative.)
  Use Caution
• Water Plain water — no concern.
  Clean
• Salt Everyday seasoning; no toxic-burden concern at normal use (sodium intake is a nutrition question, not a toxin).
  Clean
• Spices Ground spices and herbs.
  Clean
• Onion Powder Dried onion.
  Clean
• Baking Soda Sodium bicarbonate — no concern.
  Clean
• Yeast Whole yeast (not to be confused with yeast extract, a hidden-MSG source).
  Clean
• Added Vitamins & Minerals Standard fortification nutrients — no toxic-burden concern.
  Clean