Persuasive Speech On Kraft Foods

Introduction With Thesis
Are we digging our own graves? Is the food that we eat actually good for us or is it slowly killing us? Growing up, I thought all fruits and vegetables were beneficial to my health. Hence the reasons our parents would make us sit at the dinner table until we finished our brocolli, even if it meant sitting there for hours. I remember grocery shopping with my mom and never even thinking once that anything in the store would be unhealthy for me. But I could have never been more wrong. Today, almost everything that we eat is jam-packed with chemicals, preservatives, ridculous amounts of sugar and fats and who knows what else! Consumers often react to food scares and avoid certain food products for a short time period, …show more content…
People would do anything for money, and it makes me wonder if the CEOs of the top food producers actually care about the consumers or only the profit they make. Recently on social media, I have seen several posts showing mold found in pouches of Capri Sun Juice which is distributed in the USA by Kraft Foods Inc. –a very popular brand. Capri Sun made a statement claiming that like all foods, nothing can stay fresh forever. They went on to say that because their juices are preservative free this can happen from time to time. What shocked me the most was when they stated that they welcome open feedback, because many of them are parents and care deeply about what everyones’ kids …show more content…
But anything in excessive amounts are not good for us. Consumption of all these different types of chemicals year after year must have some negative effect on the body. Many people claim that all chemicals are bad, whereas some claim that only man-made chemicals are bad. Sense About Science notes that a chemical being man-made or natural says nothing about its toxity. For example, there are many chemicals found naturally in plants that are very poisonous to humans in small doses; similarly, there are many man-made chemicals that are completely harmless. All chemicals, if taken in a high enough dose are toxic –even water, which is considered essential to life. “The dose makes the poison” applies to all chemicals, man-made or natural(SenseAboutScience). However, just because these chemicals are not toxic doesn’t essential mean they are safe. Like Aspartame for example, its not toxic at the levels we would ingest, it still causes cancer at these levels. As such with Caramel food