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. View our list of “Blacklisted Ingredients” for more info.

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