In other words, read the label.
I already do that.
How ‘bout that! Democrat blueberries!
Just had some of these bad boys in yogurt for breakfast & expect to be cancer free all day.
But perhaps we are going down that sort of road today.
Undocumented blueberry violence. Discrimination is prohibited by law.
Blueberry juice is great too. I hate artificial blueberries. Maine should sue artificial blueberries makers. :-)
While they are not my favorite fruit, my wife fixes a fruit cup with every meal and we always add blueberries just because they are so good for you. Mixed with everything else i really don’t even notice them.
How would one go about producing an artificial blueberry bit?
This year I picked about 4 crates of them and froze em. I make a dozen blueberry muffins every week, and have enough for the occasion blueberry pancake breakfast and a couple of pies for the holiday.
Usually homemade is better than processed, for several reasons.
1) Fruit juices, especially citrus, are first “de-oxygenated” to extend their shelf life, but this also strips them of flavor, which is replaced with products designed by perfume makers, to give them a standard color, flavor, and odor. Others are dehydrated, to much the same effect, then reconstituted with other ingredients.
2) Pasteurization does not kill all of the bacteria in milk, just reducing the level of bacteria so that it takes longer to spoil when refrigerated. Fully Pasteurizing milk until it is sterile makes it taste bad and changes it chemically. However, there is now Ultra High Temperature (UHT) (flash) heating of milk and cream that does sterilize it, so much so that it does not need refrigeration. It still tastes bad and chemically changes the product, so is only useful if you have no other choice.
3) Irradiated foods have been sterilized of bacteria, but their downside is both that they need to have a balanced pH, neither acidic nor basic, and that bacteria often makes food taste better. So they are rather bland.
4) Some fresh meats are now put in sealed containers with a small amount of carbon monoxide. This makes them keep a bright red look even past their expiration date, so it is important to note the date on the package.
MSM actually felt they had to tell their viewers that the blueberries in off-the-shelf muffin mixes aren’t real?
Sodium aluminum phosphate with some high glucose corn syrup and a sprinkle of msg makes for some mighty fine dining.
Betty Crocker’s muffin is nasty!
Quaker strawberries and cream flavored products contain neither strawberries nor cream. Frankly, we’ve been much healthier since adopting a clean food diet. We eat like our grandparents ate: whole milk, lard, real butter, home popped pop corn, etc. No HFCS, MSG, partially hydrogenated oils, etc. We cook from scratch, and our three kids (6 and under) love it.