Posted on 01/27/2009 10:14:44 AM PST by o_zarkman44
Some of your favorite foods may be fakes.
Foods masquerading as something else — a more nutritious something else — have been big news in the past two years. Chinese food companies in particular have been blamed for making deadly alterations to dairy, baby and pet foods by adding melamine. The chemical makes it appear that the food or beverage has the required level of protein.
But what about food producers in this country? What fraudulent foods do U.S. consumers have to fear from American companies?
A good deal of the shrimp sold in the US is farm raised in Viet Nam. I can tell instantly, because I am allergic to the US stuff, and not the Vietnamese stuff. I have no idea why.
I notice that the grapes we buy are from Chile. I do try to by Florida orange juice. Florida’s Natural says it is all from Florida. I notice some other brands have ingredients from other places.
The reason so much fish and seafood is imported is because we have regulated commercial fishing practically out of existence in this country.
In the produce section of my local supermarket nearly everything has state or country of origin listed right on the shelf labels. It makes choosing so much easier.
All the meat at Walmart here is labeled “product of canada,U.S. or mexico”. If COOL was effective, we should only have ONE country listed, not three to choose from...
All of the garlic in my supermarket comes from Gilroy, California.
Perhaps your product is fish based. But I also know what I am talking about. I was on the county economic development board and saw exactly what the process was for that imitation crab meat.
How much of that meat is sent to Canada from China...I won’t buy it.
I won’t buy it either. I eat farm raised beef and am looking for a side of pork now. If I can’t know exactly where my food comes from, I don’t want to eat it.
The air smells fantastic!
Our family raises most of our beef and pork.
Yummy.
Look at all the packages in the grocery store. I have, and have never seen soy-based fake crab. It’s made with pollock, not soy based. There may be specialty vegan products that are soy based, but the regular stuff in grocery stores is certainly not a soy product. Your claim is similar to saying hamburgers are soy based. Sure, some specialty fake burgers like Bocaburgers may be soy based, but the real thing (odd to call imitation crab meat the real thing!) is not soy based, as you claim.
I am not wrong, as you falsely allege.
That's good.
I was living in SJ before Gilroy started the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 1979.
I have never been there, but someday..............
We are fanatics for garlic in our house. No such thing as too much!!!
However, I am very particular about making sure I know where it comes from before I buy it.
It’s the only store I will buy garlic in, specifically because I know where it is coming from. when you consider how much garlic is in a pound, it is relatively dirt cheap, yet I can easily buy 10 dollars worth at a time and use it before it starts to sprout -— that’s how much garlic we use in our house!
I'm betting we could get a whole group together.
Ping.
I heard recently that they found soy bean oil in bottles marked as olive oil...mostly store brands. Name brands are supposed to be okay. Shop wisely, people!
Bananas are definitely out of country, too.
Ok, You are not wrong. Neither am I. I SAW the product.
I really don’t know if it is still commercially available because it is something I never shop for because it has no appeal. I have no knowledge of the success of the company since they never located in the area. But I can’t imagine that their product would not be available somewhere. We were certainly interested in the economic value of the employer locally. But some other town made them a better offer.
I would love to.........but it’s just not happening.
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