Nanofood

I blogged a while back about nanotechnology being used to combat cancer , but I found this disturbing trend of using nano technology to enhance food, for example its flavor, appearance, and nutritional content. They are calling it Nanofoods. I find this disturbing and here is a bit from an article:Far-fetched? The processed-food giant Kraft and a group of research laboratories are busy working towards 'programmable food'. One product they are working on is a colourless, tasteless drink that you, the consumer, will design after you've bought it. You'll decide what colour and flavour you'd like the drink to be, and what nutrients it will have in it, once you get home. You'll zap the product with a correctly-tuned microwave transmitter - presumably Kraft will sell you that, too.

You can read the complete article here, and another interesting piece here on the same subject.
From the second article:

Food companies have been urged to come clean about secret research into potentially harmful nanotechnology.An influential group of peers said companies should be compelled to tell regulators about their work on tiny particles that can improve the flavour and texture of food, or increase its shelf life.They also called for a public register of food products and packaging containing nanomaterials, and more Government-funded research into possible health hazards.

I never imagined that nanotechnology would be used in such an insidious way, I have not heard of it in the main stream media, I have not read any reports on test subjects who have eaten the food over the course of many years and the effects the nanites had on their organs, brain, blood chemistry, etc. Many questions and studies need to be made about nanofood, for example, can the particles cross natural body barriers and enter cells or organs? What are the particles made of and what kind of half-life are we talking about and what is the purpose of developing this kind of food? I would like to know what kind of food will have this technology so I can avoid it altogether until true studies are presented to the public.