Clean Labels
We have avoided some of these ingredients since day one!
Over 60 common ingredients are prohibited in our facility.
When Seattle started her company in 1985, she refused to include artificial colors, flavors, and sweeteners in her meals. Back in 1985, that was relatively unheard of! She believed that her meals should be pure of any artificial flavors and harmful ingredients—just good clean food. Today, we have a growing list of over 60 common ingredients we do not even allow in our production facility. We believe that with the right mix of good quality ingredients and creative cooking methods, healthy food can be even more enjoyable and satisfying than the high-fat typical American diet.
UNACCEPTED INGREDIENTS
| Acesulfame-K (Acesulfame Potassium) | Aloe Vera |
| Ammonia Chloride | Artificial Colors/Synthetic Food Dyes |
| Artificial Flavors | Aspartame (Equal, AminoSweet) |
| Azodicarbonamide | Brazzein |
| Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) | |
| Calcium Saccharin | Calcium Sorbate |
| Calcium Stearyl-2-Lactylate | Cannabidiol (CBD) |
| Caprocaprylobehenin | |
| Carmine | Certified Colors |
| Cyclamates | Diacetyl |
| Dimethylpolysiloxane | Dicotyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DSS) |
| Ethyl Vanillin | Ethylene Oxide |
| Ethoxyquin | Gingko Biloba |
| Hexa-, Hepta-, and Octo-esters of Sucrose | High-Fructose Corn Syrup |
| High-Maltose Corn Syrup | Hydrogenated Fats |
| HSH (Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate) | Lead Soldered Cans |
| Methyl Silicon | Methylparaben |
| Micro-particularized Whey Protein Derived | Monatin |
| Monk Fruit Extract | Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) |
| Nitrates/Nitrites | Olestra (Olean) |
| Partially Hydrogenated Oil (Trans Fat) | Polydextrose |
| Polysorbate 60 and 65 | Potassium Bromate |
| Potassium Iodate | Propyl Gallate |
| Propylparaben | Saccharin |
| Salatrim | Sodium Aluminum Sulfate |
| Sodium Diacetate | Sodium Nitrate/Nitrate |
| Sucralose (Splenda) | Sucroglycerides |
| Sucrose Polyester | Sugar Alcohol (Isomalt, Lactilol, Maltitol, Mannitol, Sorbitol, Xylitol) |
| Tagatose | TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone) |
| Transglutaminase ("meat glue") |
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