According to a recent email from the Feingold Association of the United States, Laughing Cow Mini Babybel Mild Cheddar suggests that Laughing Cow “was unable to be sure if the dye in the red plastic cover will leach out into the cheese.”
You know which red plastic (I thought it was wax!) covers we are talking about. They are the ones immortalized in the book,Ivy and Bean No News Is Good News:
Vanessa opened her lunchbox and took out a small red ball. It was a ball of cheese, but nobody cared about the cheese. The cheese was totally unimportant. The important thing was the coating around the cheese. It was wax. The wax was red. It was smooth. If you pulled on the secret string inside it, the wax split into tow halves.
Just for the record, Babybel calls them wax too. Anyhow, apparently, the red plastic/wax covers may contain chemical laden red dye. Babybel isn’t giving any clues. According to theBabybel global website:
The wax that we use for the coating of this product is made up of an appropriate mix of paraffin wax and micro crystalline. There is no Bisphenol A in the wax. Its quality as stated “for food contact “responds to very strict criteria set up by the regulations.
没有提到红色染料。
On a side note, the website also contains this FAQ about “protecting the environment”:
确保环境保护是我们主要关心的问题之一。专家们每天都在努力改进我们的包装,使它们对环境更友好。
因此,每个包装元素都有自己的功能,是必不可少的,以保持迷你巴比伦bel新鲜。
The red wax that wraps Mini Babybel is part of the cheese protection and ensures in all points the functions of a crust. It prevents desiccation or moulds and helps preserving the cheese in proper hygienic conditions until consumption.
The cellophane is important for two reasons. On one hand, it completes the cheese protection, and prevents the wax from shock damages. On the other hand, it prevents it from sticking when we take the cheese with us, which is essential for a single portion.
Regarding the net, it contains small cheeses: it is the most efficient method that exists with the shrink wrap.
I contacted Laughing Cow and await a response. Stay tuned.
Andrea @ Vibrant Wellness Journalsays
eeew. This is so gross. It’s amazing to me how many companies get away with putting so much GARBAGE in our food supply!
Kevinsays
“蜡”绝对是由食品级蜡(显然低比例聚乙烯)与食品安全的红色添加。
这里提到的“塑料”指的是红色的“玻璃纸”包装(红色着色透明的“塑料”包装)。红色的保鲜膜不会(直接)接触到奶酪,但很明显,在某些情况下,保鲜膜中的红色染料可能会通过保护性蜡涂层泄漏(浸出),影响奶酪。
Your article is a few years old now. I don’t know the current status of this issue.
donikasays
my toddler eat the cheese with wax red packaging , pleas tell its bad to eat tthat red wax for her health, what they contents thank you
Jon graebsays
My daughter is deathly allergic to carmine used for red dye (red velvet). She has ended up in ER with anafalactic shock twice due to no food label warnings. What is the red coloring in baybel wax covering made from?
Hhhhhhhsays
There’s a wax paper layer between the red wax&cellophane wrapping that surrounds the cheese