Remember that Nobby has another post over on his blog!
I am sure that many of you will be aware of the increase in interest in what goes into our food and the effects it has. It can all seem mesmerising and tiring to have to monitor our intake. However, there are wider interests. One of my personal bugbears is the labelling that only says "natural flavourings", for example. Almost entirely, these are chemical products, albeit derived from an original fruit at some point.
I found the following two items of great interest. The 'natural' sources of so much of what goes into our food (that's only six minutes), and then a discussion with an ex-insider, now advocate against the misleading labelling in the food industry (25 minutes, but very worth the listen and not at all boring!)
There is lots more of interest on the "It's Complicated from The Guardian" tubular channel, if you wish for further enlightenment.
Goodness! You should have read Nellie's blog a zillion years ago when I was selling my homemade wares at the farm markets around here. I blogged a couple of times about the differences between cane and beet sugars and why, even though people objected to the Monsanto genetically modified sugar beets, how cane sugar becomes becomes white sugar during the manufacturing process is worse. Chemically, they both are 99.95% pure sucrose and the remaining 0.05% contains trace minerals and compounds. These minute differences can affect the taste slightly....I'll stop now as I can go on and on about small batch food processing vs major corporation products...I know I shall be spending a few hours over at "its Complicated" THNX Yam!
ReplyDeleteoh yes!! things are not what they look like... maybe that is the root of the evil for our world?
ReplyDeleteAnd all of this degenerative action is decided and enacted by people like you and me, people with their own families, yet still they continue to degrade our food, and lie about it without shame.
ReplyDeleteYAM thank you very much for the correct name rhododendron. Now that I look more closely I can see a big difference in the leaves. Here in NC rhododendron are quite popular especially in our mountains. Of course wide open spaces up there that allows them to flourish. I agree about ingredients listed and the confusion. One needs Mr. Webster to accompany one to buy groceries.
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
I wonder about all these extra ingredients, changing the taste and just how healthy are they? Have a great day and a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteI have found that the best foods are those that come straight from the farm...which is one of the biggest things I miss about Northern California.
ReplyDeleteHi Yam - I expect you've come across the van Tulleken twin doctors ... who talk and have posted about Ultra Processed Foods ... and Chris van Tulleken who's written a book about them ... I have always cut back on processed foods ...but really one (if I was younger) could/should do so much more. Donna at Retirement Reflections wrote about it in February ... very well informed and written up. Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteWe are currently looking for non-US made foods here. It's better, as our standards are differentl
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