This is just too depressing for words if you are sensitive to foods, additives and the like. Joanna Blythman has done a great expose article about food industry ‘tricks’ in The Guardian and, quite honestly, anyone with sensitivity issues should have their head in their hands after reading this. It confirms why I have been following what I call my AIP Purity diet now for over a year – no processed foods touch my lips. Although, as Joanna shows, even that innocent-looking apple could be covered in NatureSeal, a coating containing citric acid (anathema to anyone corn-sensitive like me) to keep it looking ‘healthy’. No wonder I have to peel my apples.

Honestly. Although I don’t know why I’m surprised. Joanna describes the massive job she had trying to get manufacturers to divulge their industry secrets about food manufacture. It took me two years to research the TGF (grain and dairy free) supplements master list for the same reason. And what I found was that most of the suppliers in actual fact had no clue what went into the producing of their ‘natural’ supplements. I certainly opened quite a few eyes with my delving and even managed to get labels and products changed on the back of it.

Read this if you dare.

Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat

Think you eat only healthy, unprocessed foods? Think again. Joanna Blythman went undercover and discovered that even your fruit salad is not what it seems