Banned Ingredients

No Unnatural Ingredients

At Green Bean, you can feel confident about everything you buy from us. Shopping is more enjoyable when you have peace of mind. Before adding a product to our store, we ensure its ingredients adhere to our Clean Store Promise. This means no artificial ingredients or unnatural preservatives.

A

• acesulfame-K (acesulfame potassium)
• acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
• ammonium chloride
• ammonium sulfate
• antibiotics
• artificial colors
• artificial fats
• artificial flavors
• artificial preservatives
• artificial sweeteners
• aspartame
• azo dyes
• azodicarbonamide

B

• bacteriophage preparation
• benzoates in food
• benzoyl peroxide
• benzyl alcohol
• BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
• BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
• bisulfites
• bleached flour
• bromated flour
• brominated vegetable oil (BVO)
• BST (bovine somatotropin)
• butane glycol

C

• calcium bromate
• calcium disodium EDTA
• calcium peroxide
• calcium propionate
• calcium saccharin
• calcium sorbate
• calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
• caprenin
• aprocaprylobehenin
• carmine (cochineal)
• certified colors
• coloring agents (blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5, and yellow 6)
• cyclamates
• cysteine (l-cysteine), as an additive for bread products

D

• DATEM (Diacetyl tartaric and fatty acid esters of mono and diglycerides)
• dimethylamylamine (DMAA)
• dimethylpolysiloxane
• dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)
• disodium calcium EDTA
• disodium dihydrogen EDTA
• disodium guanylate (GMP)
• disodium inosinate
• disodium succinate
• dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate

E

• EDTA
• Erythorbic acid
• Erythrosine
• Ester gums
• ethoxyquin
• ethyl vanillin
• ethylene oxide
• ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

F

• FD & C colors
• foie gras

G

• glucose-fructose syrup
• glycerol ester of wood rosin
• GMP (disodium guanylate)

H

• hexa-, hepta- and octa-esters of sucrose
• high fructose corn syrup
• hydrogenated starch hydrolysate
• hydroxpropyl guar gum

I

• IMP (disodium inosinate)
• Inosine monophosphate
• isoglucose

L

• lactylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
• lead soldered cans

M

• methyl silicon
• methylene chloride
• methylparaben
• microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute
• monosodium glutamate (MSG)

N

• Natamycin (Cheese slices, crumbles, shreds)
• neotame
• nitrates/nitrites

O

• Olestra (fat substitute found in chips like fat-free Pringles)
• oxystearin

P

• parabens
• polydextrose
• polysorbate 60
• polysorbate 65
• polysorbate 80
• potassium benzoate
• potassium bisulfite
• potassium bromate
• potassium hydroxide
• potassium metabisulfite
• potassium nitrate
• potassium sorbate
• propionates
• propionic acid
• propyl gallate
• propylene glycol
• propylene oxide
• propylparaben

R

• Ractopamine
• rBGH

S

• Saccharin
• simplesse
• sodium acid sulfate
• sodium aluminum phosphate
• sodium aluminum sulfate
• sodium benzoate
• sodium bisulfite
• sodium diacetate
• sodium erythorbate
• sodium ferrocycanide
• sodium glutamate
• sodium hexametaphosphate
• sodium lauryl sulfate
• sodium metabisulfite-food additive
• sodium nitrate/nitrite
• sodium propionate
• sodium silcoaluminate
• sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
• sodium sterol lactylate
• sodium sulfite
• sodium thiosulfate
• sodium tripolyphosphate
• solvent extracted oils, as standalone single-ingredient oils (except grapeseed oil).
• sorbic acid
• stannous chloride
• sucralose
• sucroglycerides
• sucrose acetate isobutyrate
• sucrose ester
• sucrose polyester
• sulfites (except in wines, meads and ciders)
• synthetic nitrates/nitrites

T

• Tartrazine
• TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
• tetrasodium EDTA
• Transglutaminase

V

• vanillin, when not naturally derived