Have you looked at the ingredients in some foods?
Mar 8, 2011, 10:08 am
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Have you looked at the ingredients in some foods?
I'm deathly allergic to nuts, so I tend to read ingredients on just about everything. I was checking out ingredients for a salad today, and noticed,
Ew! The "pork bellies," listing just drives home the fact that I probably shouldn't be eating those!
Bacon Bits:
Pork bellies cured with [water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavor (plant source), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite].
Pork bellies cured with [water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavor (plant source), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite].
Mar 8, 2011, 10:11 am
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Why? Pork belly is delicious (just not healthy)!
Why? Pork belly is delicious (just not healthy)!
Mar 8, 2011, 11:13 am
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When it's listed as pork bellies, it just sounds horrible! I eat meat, I realize meat comes from cows, pigs, chicken, turkey, and, in my household, deer. I realize that they try to use as much of the animal as they can, but sometimes, I just don't want to know from which part of the animal my meal has been carved!
Mar 8, 2011, 11:20 am
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When it's listed as pork bellies, it just sounds horrible! I eat meat, I realize meat comes from cows, pigs, chicken, turkey, and, in my household, deer. I realize that they try to use as much of the animal as they can, but sometimes, I just don't want to know from which part of the animal my meal has been carved!
Mar 8, 2011, 11:26 am
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Mar 8, 2011, 11:28 am
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Mar 8, 2011, 11:32 am
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And just to bring this full circle, I do read ingredient labels and try to stay away fake sounding things (chemicals and so forth) as much as possible. It's really hard (and expensive).
Mar 8, 2011, 11:42 am
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I've found that reading ingredients on things has substantially reduced the amount of chocolate and other goodies that I eat, since most come with the warning, "Produced on equipment that also processes products containing peanuts and tree nuts," or something similar. I do question how much of that is just a disclaimer on there because it's cheaper and easier than possibly dealing with a lawsuit from someone who gets the first piece of candy from the line that might have peanut dust contaminating it. The warning is not a bad thing for me, but some days, I don't know why I even bother checking!
Mar 8, 2011, 12:16 pm
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I've found that reading ingredients on things has substantially reduced the amount of chocolate and other goodies that I eat, since most come with the warning, "Produced on equipment that also processes products containing peanuts and tree nuts," or something similar. I do question how much of that is just a disclaimer on there because it's cheaper and easier than possibly dealing with a lawsuit from someone who gets the first piece of candy from the line that might have peanut dust contaminating it. The warning is not a bad thing for me, but some days, I don't know why I even bother checking!
Mar 8, 2011, 1:03 pm
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Last time I checked, I'm down to Hershey's Kisses, and perhaps Hershey's bars that don't contain the warning. Most other chocolates do. Most cookies do as well. Seriously, the nut allergy, while annoying, is probably great for my diet!
Mar 8, 2011, 1:28 pm
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If you're squeamish about gross ingredient lists, don't read the label for "potted meat." For those who are more adventurous, here you go 
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- http://www.walmart.com/ip/Libby-s-Po...-3-oz/10536024
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product
: - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Libby-s-Po...-3-oz/10536024
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product
Mar 8, 2011, 2:53 pm
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If you're squeamish about gross ingredient lists, don't read the label for "potted meat." For those who are more adventurous, here you go :
- http://www.walmart.com/ip/Libby-s-Po...-3-oz/10536024
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product
: - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Libby-s-Po...-3-oz/10536024
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product
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