i love red wine vinager and oil salad. but yesterday i read that red wine vinager is under prop 65?

Question

it says it ruins your reproductive system and causes cancer? if it does these things why is it on the market? should i still use it?

Answer 1

Yes, red wine and balsamic vinegars have a lead warning on them. Thats because many red grapes (especially grapes from Italy) are grown in soils that contain high levels of lead, which then gets absorned into the grape and transferred into the fermented vinegar. However, the amount of lead probably varies from vineyard to vineyard and may vary from brand to brand. So long as you only use a small amount of vinegar at a time, you should not have to worry about it harming you - I believe the unhealthy amount is upwards of one cup per day. If you want to avoid vinegar with lead, then you can use apple cider vinegar.

Proposition 65 bothers alot of people in the food industry, but it allows Californians to know about the possible contaminants in their food so that pregnant women and parents of small children can make informed decisions about what they eat.

Answer 2

The problem is with Prop 65, not the red wine vinegar. It is a badly written piece of legislation the requires anyone producing or selling anything that might conceivably cause any kind of cancer or mutagenic activity. This means that any studies, not matter how poor or far-fetched get considered.

Under Prop 65, warnings are given in restaurants that sell alcohol, gas stations, and on thousands of products. Red wine vinegar may have a small amount of alcohol, that is why it is listed. There are few foods that have been used as long or as safely as vinegars.

Study up and don't let the warning frighten you. It is highly improbable that vinegar, especially in the small amounts consumed, could harm you. I have years of food safety experience and I use all types of vinegar. Love the stuff!

Answer 3

what are the odds of vinegar doing that?

1 in a million?

Prop 65 probably forces a disclaimer no matter how remote the occurrence..

The main reason is probably there's still some residual alcohol in the red wine vinegar.