On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:18:01 -0500, Michel Boucher
> wrote:

> Dave Smith > wrote in
> :
>
> > I
> > would consider it to be a significant psychological problem if
> > someone were to look at the nutrition information and
> > ingredients of everything they buy every time they shop.
>
> Some people with food sensitivities and/or allergies need to keep
> informed on the crap that's in prepared/processed foods. This new
> thing where they lull you to sleep by saying their product has no
> ingredient you can't pronounce (what does THAT mean?

That's really, really OLD - like 25 years old. Bryers ice cream used
that phrase in their advertising back when they used cream, milk and
eggs - before they changed their ingredients to the cheaper stuff.

> if you can
> read, you can pronounce!) so you go "I don't need to check that
> label because there is nothing in there I can't pronounce".
> So, the assumption they make is that they could cure your meat with
> mosquito repellent and you wouldn't care because you can't
> pronounce "mosquito repellent."
>
> Maple Leaf says they make cold meats with no preservatives or
> artificial ingredients. For those of you who are challenged, it
> means no nitrates. But unfortunately, they use cultured celery
> extract which DOES contain nitrates. So they ARE using
> preservatives but hiding that fact by suggesting that if you can
> pronounce the name of the ingredient, it isn't bad for you.


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