Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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I recently purchased a bottle of soft drink that had the usual list of ingredients and then the now normal repeat list of the same in various languages. What made this different was that this column of ingredients was headed, "Read this stuff if you don't understand English".
Opinions anyone?
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Maybe they assume everyone everwhere has a smattering of English.
However I often wonder...maybe it would be just as well if they printed the entire ingredient list in any language but English, because reading these things leads to depression. I have an 'active' orange drink here and its mindboggling the stuff we consume.
This is a relatively good one, but with every gulp I inload..
citric acid
ascorbic acid
mixed carotennes
acesulflame K
asparatame
potassium sorbate
acacia stabiliser
vegetable oil
trisodium citrate
and a source of phenylalanine
...they mention the last one for fear that me, the consumer, might want to participate in the upcoming Olympic Games..whereby upon a delivering a sample I would be immediately banned from future inclusion in noble sporting activity.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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The answer is drink beer or wine or (if you must filtered tap water). Many additives are harmless such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C) but others such as aspartame are not. Read this:
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.htmlI'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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years ago i was given a sheet of paper with all the 'E' numbers and what they did.
i couldn't be bothered with reading it, if we took that list down the supermarket and checked it against stuff on the shelves we would take nearly a week to do the weekly shop.
Ross Miller
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Aspartame and Acesulflame K are particularly obnoxious and harmful artificial sweeteners and frankly unnecessary - sugar is much less harmful to you.
Phenylalanine is another nasty rather harmful substance that ought to be avoided whether one is a performance athlete or not
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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I love that bit of plain speaking, wasn't an Aussie import by any chance?
A bit more of the same on the ingredients might go down well - this one makes your kids hyperactive, this one turns you orange and this one gives you ulcers for a start.
Guest 677- Registered: 8 Jul 2008
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I rather like that idea Ray, particularly the bit about this ingredient makes your kids hyperactive it will stop some parents from just blaming their kids behaviour on additives. If it's plainly written that it effects some kids that way then stop giving it to them.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I'm just about to get my can of Olde English cider out of the fridge, looked forward to it all day!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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A package labelling that may amuse you...
Terry Nunn
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Tesco's tiramisu always used to say "do not turn upside down" - underneath!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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As I have to avoid foods with wheat and maize in (usually added just as bulking agents), I always have to look at the (LONG) lists of ingredients - and it is certainly mind boggling !!
No wonder there are so many problems ......
The simpler the food the better...
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Its a funny thing, the simpler the food the more expensive it is. This is the idea behind organics isnt it, less preservatives, less chemicals in the ground as it grows and so on. But why doing less with it makes it more expensive I dont know. It must just be a question of volume.
But its the extra cost of organically produced stuff that has clobbered it in recent times..sales of organic produce has slumped, whereas sales of supermarket basics have soared. So we are wolfing down the basic stuff, whic is no doubt loaded with chemicals and whathaveyou.
Cost have forced the consumer to worry less about whats on the label. Alas!
Thanks for the info there Peter and Ross...I didnt realise my 'harmless' orange drink was quite so dangerous. It is one of those 'active' drinks.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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PaulB -
by 'simpler' foods I didn't necessarily mean organic. Lots of people buy tinned vegetables for example, and many of these have additives, ie. baked beans have maize and sugar, whereas if you buy the plain vegetables and prepare them they should not have additives etc. Packeted and tinned soups are also an example of having lots of things added, including of course a lot of salt, very often colouring, and bulking-agents - I try and always make my own soups.
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