The other problem with the additives in foods is that the recommended safe amounts are based on adults - not children - yet the foods that have the most additives in them seem to be the ones (mostly anyway) that are directly marketed to children. I understand that not everyone has harmful reactions to the foods - but I personally would rather eat foods with less artificial ingredients and are more closely linked to their actual natural form. If I lived on a big farm I would have a HUGE veggie patch, lots of fruit trees, and chickens as well so that a lot of my food would be much safer to eat. But I do the best I can living in the city - don't even get me started on the episode I saw on Today Tonight the other night about pesticide residue on fresh foods!!!!