there are even additives in dried fruits, breads, cereals, all sorts of things you would deem as a healthy snack, it is amazing... you really have to learn to look out for the additive numbers and buy products that don't have them...

i carry the cut out from this webpage around in my purse, it tells you the additives to avoid..

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some of the additives are actually BANNED in other countries. its quite disgusting the nasties they put into foods and then market them to kids, for example those heinz kids fruit bars from 1-3 year olds contain sulphur dioxide....

anyways slight hijack, sorry.... i just think its worrying when you think you're giving your kids something healthy and then find out its not healthy at all, or worse, you don't find out!! i used to give dried apricots nearly every day, and then read this:

"a single dried apricot can contain sixteen milligrams of preservative - more than a six year old child should consume in a day."