A Deliberate Consumer

[butterflydreaming]

Do you read product labels? Do you read the ingredients *and* the nutrition facts?

If you see salmon & mackerel listed in your Pocky ingredients, do you find out why?

Have you ever wondered why organic foods are usually made with sea salt, and if this is for any reason other than marketing?

Do you compare price per pound, rather than price per unit? How about total food value?

Did you know that marshmallows, McDonald's milkshakes, and Tillamook sour cream all contain gelatine? It's in the sour cream for texture.

If you have a choice, do you make a choice?

Comments

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that we are in agreement on a lot of points of thinking, like going carless. Local ranks above organic, for me, because I prefer to support our local economy. Some of the small producers aren't certified organic. And some foods, like coffee, aren't local, but the roasters are.

I've been hesitating to go with vegetable/fruit home delivery (even though my roommate has been pushing for it for years) because I'm not much of a cook, and having languishing perishables increases my stress level noticably. I go to the supermarket a lot, and to the farmers' market when it's running in W. Seattle. I'm not sure how well the Euro style shopping is working, because while I don't have food going bad & being wasted, I don't plan what I'm eating for dinner very well. Something for me to work on.

A current goal for me it to think about food *less*, not that 80% of my habits are what I consider good ones.