On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:02:29 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> wrote:

>
>"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
...
>> You could knock me over with a feather.
>>
>> I picked up some in the grocery store and when I got it home, I was
>> surprised to notice on the front label, a statement "contains natural
>> vanilla." I thought I had picked up a new variety (like vanilla Coke)
>> and was irritated that it wasn't placed where I could notice it when I
>> bought it. So I called the company to complain and was told that it
>> always had vanilla (but not enough to reduce the amount needed for
>> recipes) and it was a marketing decision to put it on the front label.
>> I checked an old bottle and sure enough, it had vanilla in the list of
>> ingredients.
>>
>> Now you know. (If you didn't before.)
>
>How many times in the past had you used the product successfully, without
>knowing it had vanilla in it?
>

Every time, apparently. Perhaps if they had written "still contains
vanilla" I wouldn't have thought I got the wrong item. Or even
better, just left "vanilla" in the ingredients list so I wouldn't have
thought I brought home vanilla syrup.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!