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After reading the comments about carrageenan in the chocolate version, my initial thought was to move on to another product entirely. Instead of having a knee-jerk reaction, though, I decided to do better than that and check into it for myself. I found the following question and response in the FAQ section about the Kidz Superfood on the Amazing Greens site, which I found helpful and informative. Not sure when they took it out, but seems carrageenan is no longer an ingredient (and that some of the fears may have been misplaced anyway). So for anyone who would stop considering this because of out-of-date (and potentially uninformed?) reviews, I wanted to share. Misinformation is one of my personal pet peeves... Your Kidz SuperFood contains carrageenan, is it safe/what is it? There is some confusion about carrageenan which has cast an unfortunate light on the ingredient. Poligeenan is a chemically degraded derivative of carageenan which is used for industrial (non-food) purposes. Although poligeenan does not possess the thickening or stabilizing properties of carrageenan, it was improperly named "degraded carrageenan" and for a short time the word "carrageenan" was used ambiguously and might refer to either food-grade or degraded carrageenan.Carrageenan is used as a thickening, emulsifying and stabilizing agent in ice cream, yogurt, custards, jellies, cream cheese, cottage cheese and other dairy products as well as chocolate products, pie fillings, salad dressings, soups, soymilk, and as a fat substitute in processed meats, and in toothpaste to mention just a few. There are two types of carrageenan, undegraded (food-grade) and degraded (hydrolyzed with acid). Undegraded carrageenan has been used on a huge scale in food production worldwide since the 1930s, and its safety has been assured by the FDA Gras status. The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) gave carrageenan the highest ADI (Accepted Daily Intake) status of 'not specified'. Since it's considered non-toxic the JECFA deemed it unnecessary to express the ADI in numerical form. Chemically treated, degraded carrageenan however, is a known carcinogen (cancer causing agent) and is not used or permitted in food production, but is frequently used to experimentally induce intestinal inflammation in animal studies. Amazing Grass uses the highest quality organic compliant undegraded food grade carrageenan in our Kidz SuperFood. It acts as a thickening agent to help with separation of our powders when mixed into liquid. It comes from red seaweed and is also known as Irish Moss and has grown and been used as a food and children’s cough and cold remedy in that region for hundreds of years. However, since we have received a number of customer concerns and had significant confusion about this ingredient we have removed it from our Kidz SuperFood Chocolate formula. All future productions of Kidz SuperFood Chocolate will use Organic Guar Gum, in place of the organic compliant, food grade carrageenan.