My “go to” snack food would have to be Nabisco’s Chips Ahoy the chocolate chip cookies of course. I almost always have a package of these delicious chocolate chip cookies stashed in my house. No, they are not a healthy choice in the snack department but the delicious, crunchy, chewy chocolate chip has me hooked. These chocolate chips cookies have an ingredient called thiamine mononitrate, also known as vitamin B 1, which I find interesting because it is used in the medical field to treat malnutrition. Eating certain foods can cause a deficiency in thiamine. I found that in Canada the government requires foods causing deficiency in thiamine not be used. The cookie also includes another vitamin, Riboflavin known as vitamin B2. Riboflavin plays a role in energy metabolism and has a lot of other important roles. You can also have a deficiency is riboflavin which include dry sky, cracked lips, mouth ulcers, and lead to anemia. …show more content…
The cottonseed oil is a man-made food substance. Cottonseed oil has been proven unsafe, as it promotes inflammation while it blocks production of the chemicals that fight inflammation, causes illness and promotes heart disease. The man-made substance is used in most processed foods because it is a lot more affordable than olive oil and canola oil. While leavening is used to help dough rise by releasing gas when heated and causes softening and lightening to the final stages of the