Posted on 12/18/2013 12:11:21 AM PST by Olog-hai
Take another look at that food label. An ingredient or two may have vanished.
As Americans pay closer attention to what they eat, food and beverage companies are learning that unfamiliar ingredients can invite criticism from online petitions and bloggers. The risk of damaging publicity has proven serious enough that some manufacturers have reformulated top-selling products to remove mysterious, unpronounceable components that could draw suspicion. …
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Because that formula changing business has always worked so well for Coca-cola.
Starbucks used crushed bugs for coloring? What kind of mind thinks of this stuff. One more reason why I was right never to buy their overpriced yuppie coffee.
Merry Christmas! Yes, it is the Lord’s birthday we celebrate.
It would be useful to see a cost comparison between the old and new ingredients to see just what the impact of these substitutions are on the product unit cost.
Subsidies distort everything.
I have never been inside a Starbucks. The price is one reason. Another is the sort of people who were enthusiastic about Starbucks before we got one here. I prefer not to be in the same building with them.
How about that mega expensive coffee bean that has to be picked up of the poop of some monkey. What idiot thought of doing that?
The next time you purchase groceries, look at the “where produced” part of the label. You may be surprised to find a significant amount of various brands come from foreign countries like China. In particular, you may want to avoid canned mushrooms. The restrictions put on U.S. growers is FAR GREATER than those required of foreign growers. You many save a few cents per item but in the long run, our whole nation will be the loser.
Correction....”You may save a few cents....” (It’s early)
Those kind of people were the ones that lined up against Starbucks in my town. Can’t be drinking corporate coffee you know.
I could have gone my whole life without knowing that. Oh, well
Last month, I did a $30/week food challenge for one week. It wasn't all that difficult and I learned a lot of ways to cut my regular food expenses.
After doing that, I'm was no longer as fond of Lattes that cost over $4. It no longer seems right to spend as much money on a latte as a lot of people spend on food.
My asbestos and mercury chocolate drops now list only fiber and minerals as the main ingredients.
Original Chex Mix really does need to be reformulated. They found an incredibly delicious combination of salts that put together are a recipe for high blood pressure.
Sodium Chloride (table salt), Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda), Trisodium Phosphate, Disodium Guanylate and Disodium Inosinate.
A 1/2 cup serving has 210mg of sodium.
Crushed bugs as coloring is in a lot more than just Starbucks.
Coffee addition is a terrible thing.
Did they reformulate, or simply reprint?
Trust, but verify.
There are worse things out there, but that is pretty vile. 1/2 cup is three handfuls perhaps? Many canned soups have an entire days sodium in one can.
Yes, my doctor has me on restricted sodium. Toughest diet I've ever tried to follow. I eat what naturally occurs in food of course, but if food has undergone any processing, it will have anywhere from a little to "OMG" amount of sodium added. Eating out is practically a thing of the past for me as well...
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