A wellness expert criticized American food culture after making a surprising discovery about Trader Joe’s salmon.
Emily Pesch She is a gut health professional who frequently shares tips for looking and feeling good on TikTok, where she has amassed more than 498,000 followers.
Most recently, the Austin, Texas-based health and wellness guru traded advice for criticism while criticizing eating practices in the United States.
In a now-viral video, which has so far been viewed more than 918,000 times, Emily questioned why the United States had a large amount of unnecessary additives in its food.
Emily admitted she was frustrated when she discovered that the frozen farm-raised salmon she had bought at the supermarket chain contained “red dye number five”, which is a chemical known to cause cancer.
Wellness expert Emily Pesch criticized American food culture after making a surprising discovery about Trader Joe’s salmon.
The viral clip was titled: ‘Keep your number five red dye off my salmon, thanks!’
Emily explained that she had purchased a piece of farm-raised salmon at Trader Joe’s and admitted that while she tends to opt for wild-caught fish, she was on a budget this week.
‘I’m sorry but why are we a country like this? I bought this salmon from Trader Joe’s and I didn’t buy wild salmon because it was a little more expensive and I’m going out of town mid-week so I wasn’t sure if I could cook it. that,” he said at the beginning of the clip.
He noted that he opted for the “cheapest” option and added that he knows he should have splurged.
Holding the label up to the camera, Emily added: “I’m looking at the ingredients (and it says) ‘Atlantic salmon and color added.’
‘This is the second salmon I have received in the last two months that has had color added.
‘I don’t need you to add color to my salmon to eat it, like why do we do this?’
People across the web flooded the comments section and expressed their own frustrations about finding food coloring in their food.
In a now-viral video, which has so far been viewed more than 918,000 times, Emily questioned why the United States had a large amount of unnecessary additives in its food.
People across the web flooded the comments section and expressed their frustration over finding food coloring in their food.
One person said: “Reposting because I don’t know why either.”
Someone else wrote: “This is why I pay twice as much for salmon from Whole Foods.”
Another user added: ‘Pickles have added color too. Now I always read labels!’
“I feel the same way,” one user commented.
Farm-raised salmon has recently been found to be harmful to the environment and human health.
This is because salmon are often raised in crowded environments, which increases the likelihood of disease spread.
They are also known to contain high levels of chemicals, which have been linked to a number of health problems.
In the clip, Emily noted that the piece of salmon she bought had “number five red dye,” however, experts point out that a different dye is often used in farmed salmon (file image).
In the clip, Emily noted that the piece of salmon she purchased had “number five red dye,” however, experts note that a different dye is often used in farmed salmon.
According Aquaculture Management Council: ‘Astaxanthin is added to the food of farmed salmon because it needs these nutrients but cannot hunt krill and shrimp like wild salmon can.
‘It’s part of the process of raising healthy salmon. There is no before or after, because there is no part of the farming process that requires dyeing the salmon.’
Wild salmon is often the fish of choice due to its low levels of contaminants.
DailyMail.com has contacted Trader Joe’s for comment.