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

[dkellis.livejournal.com]

If it's something to do with the price of the food, I usually make choices based on that, but as for ingredients lists, I do read them, but mostly because I tend to read everything I get my hands on anyway.

I don't think I've ever made a choice to buy or not buy a certain food because of nutritional considerations.

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

mostly because I tend to read everything I get my hands on anyway

I had a few dismaying surprises, standing in the kitchen reading the can or box of whatever I was already cooking. I started reading the labels while still in the supermarket.