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Be Food Smart is a food additive database for the hundreds of ingredients, sweeteners, preservatives, and colorings in today's foods. Each ingredient report features an easy-to-understand description as well as possible health effects and a letter grade so consumers know instantly if the ingredient should be in their diet. Be Food Smart is devoted to educating the public and helping people change the way they eat.

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