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

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

M and I usually look at labels and ingredient lists (fish products make their way into an inordinate amount of Asian foods), but we ate a lot of Balance Bars before someone pointed out the words "fish gelatin" in the ingredients list.

More of a problem for him (I'll eat seafood), but it was still disturbing enough that I've dropped them as well.

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

There are kosher marshmallows that use fish gelatin. There's a rumor of gelatin free marshallows out there, but I have yet to find them. (I eat all manner of animal derived things, but I like to be able to feed my friends.)