The quality of supermarket organic food according to my taste buds
appears to be deteriorating. I find that the once-noticable
differential in many of the organic products are no longer so obvious
to me. It could be that I am losing my sense of tase with all the
chillies I eat these days.

Marks and Spencers too seem to have lost the edge they had on the
other high street stores food shelves. I was annoyed that some
allegedly quality food contained TFAs despite the blizzard of warnings
coming from medical authorities. They failed to respond to me when I
sent off this e-mail to them about three weeks ago:-


Dear Sirs

TFAs in Marks and Spencer products

I recently purchased a pack of Marks and Spencer Double Devon Butter
Toffee. The toffees were delicious and I am still enjoying them. My
e-mail is not all praise, however and I would bring to your attention
a couple of disqueting facts.

The first is a matter that could be interpreted as incorrect
representation, the description on the label runs like so -- Double
Devon Butter Toffee A smooth butter toffee made fronm the finest
ingredients to a traditional Devonshire recipe.

On the reverse of the packet a similar message appears, this time "A
SMOOTH BUTTER TOFFEE MADE FROM THE FINEST INGREDIENTS TO A TRADITIONAL
DEVONSHIRE RECIPE" Under this message the ingredients are listed. One
item caught my eye, it was Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Even in the USA
where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards the
large food companies are eliminating TFAs such as the hydrogenated
oils. Campbell foods has already done so and they do not claim or have
an image anywhere near to M and S's standards.

In Britain today there are many people who are simultaneously obese
and malnourished and allowing TFAs to be included in your food
products is contributing to the problem.

EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids) are essential to our wellbeing, however
TFAs (Trans Fatty Acids) are artery clogging, saturated fats usually
found in processed foods and those containing hydrogenated oils or
margarine, or baked goods. Trans Fatty Acids interfere with the normal
function of EFAs. These are actually preventing proper nutrition and
thus causing harm to your customers. TFAs can not ever be described as
a "finest ingredient".

This message is sent in the hope that I can highlight a failure in
your system not as a general complaint.

In addition to the TFAs problem you have at least one other serious
additive issue that I suspect that you are not aware of but I will
wait until I hear from you regarding the TFA business before I detail
it.

Regards

The other matter that I was going to bring to their attention was the
use of Aluminum (Aluminium) based raising agents in muffins etc.
Aluminum is an extremely nasty and persistent nuerotoxin and is used
in low cost low quality mass-produced foods and it worries me to think
that allegedly quality food producers use it in their products.

Davio

>Even in the USA
>where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards

When in doubt, insult the USA

>Even in the USA
>where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards

When in doubt, insult the USA

>Even in the USA
>where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards

When in doubt, insult the USA

On 8 Aug 2004 11:24:00 -0700, (Davio
McDavitt) wrote:

> The quality of supermarket organic food according to my taste buds
> appears to be deteriorating. I find that the once-noticable
> differential in many of the organic products are no longer so obvious
> to me.

In my dreams it would be because commercial organic growing
practices growing practices are coming closer to that of
back yard growers.

> It could be that I am losing my sense of tase with all the
> chillies I eat these days.

Frankly, I've only tasted an occasional difference.
Probably because commercial growers can't pick perfectly
ripe tomatoes (or any other vegetable for that matter) and
sell them that day.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Davio McDavitt wrote:

> The quality of supermarket organic food according to my taste buds
> appears to be deteriorating. I find that the once-noticable
> differential in many of the organic products are no longer so obvious
> to me. It could be that I am losing my sense of tase with all the
> chillies I eat these days.


You are confusing "organic" with "vine ripened". The organic tomatoes
are probably picked green and ripened with ethylene as they are shipped
just like any other supermarket tomato. (Organic ethylene from an
overripe pineapple, perhaps.)

Bob

(Fx199) wrote in message >...
> >Even in the USA
> >where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards
>
> When in doubt, insult the USA


In my defence I would say that I was not attacking America, I was
attacking Marks and Spencers, I was using a rather obvious carbuncle
on Uncle Sams nose to club them with. Americans are even more
apathetic than we, the Brits are,regarding the environment and being
put upon by government, big business and the media (If Fox News can be
thus described!!!!HaHa??????).

I rather like Yankydoodlies but would prefer that they got their act
together and tried to join up with the rest of the world before it is
too late (yes there is such a thing as the rest of the world).
Restoring America's standing in the world should be a priority for
every US citizen.

(Fx199) wrote in message >...
> >Even in the USA
> >where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards
>
> When in doubt, insult the USA


In my defence I would say that I was not attacking America, I was
attacking Marks and Spencers, I was using a rather obvious carbuncle
on Uncle Sams nose to club them with. Americans are even more
apathetic than we, the Brits are,regarding the environment and being
put upon by government, big business and the media (If Fox News can be
thus described!!!!HaHa??????).

I rather like Yankydoodlies but would prefer that they got their act
together and tried to join up with the rest of the world before it is
too late (yes there is such a thing as the rest of the world).
Restoring America's standing in the world should be a priority for
every US citizen.

(Fx199) wrote in message >...
> >Even in the USA
> >where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards
>
> When in doubt, insult the USA


In my defence I would say that I was not attacking America, I was
attacking Marks and Spencers, I was using a rather obvious carbuncle
on Uncle Sams nose to club them with. Americans are even more
apathetic than we, the Brits are,regarding the environment and being
put upon by government, big business and the media (If Fox News can be
thus described!!!!HaHa??????).

I rather like Yankydoodlies but would prefer that they got their act
together and tried to join up with the rest of the world before it is
too late (yes there is such a thing as the rest of the world).
Restoring America's standing in the world should be a priority for
every US citizen.

(Davio McDavitt) wrote in
m:

> (Fx199) wrote in message
> >...
>> >Even in the USA
>> >where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards
>>
>> When in doubt, insult the USA
>
>
> In my defence I would say that I was not attacking America, I was
> attacking Marks and Spencers, I was using a rather obvious carbuncle
> on Uncle Sams nose to club them with. Americans are even more
> apathetic than we, the Brits are,regarding the environment and being
> put upon by government, big business and the media (If Fox News can be
> thus described!!!!HaHa??????).
>
> I rather like Yankydoodlies but would prefer that they got their act
> together and tried to join up with the rest of the world before it is
> too late (yes there is such a thing as the rest of the world).
> Restoring America's standing in the world should be a priority for
> every US citizen.
>

You're still doing it, David. Better quit while you're ahead.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

(Davio McDavitt) wrote in
m:

> (Fx199) wrote in message
> >...
>> >Even in the USA
>> >where consumers accept very poor environmental and food standards
>>
>> When in doubt, insult the USA
>
>
> In my defence I would say that I was not attacking America, I was
> attacking Marks and Spencers, I was using a rather obvious carbuncle
> on Uncle Sams nose to club them with. Americans are even more
> apathetic than we, the Brits are,regarding the environment and being
> put upon by government, big business and the media (If Fox News can be
> thus described!!!!HaHa??????).
>
> I rather like Yankydoodlies but would prefer that they got their act
> together and tried to join up with the rest of the world before it is
> too late (yes there is such a thing as the rest of the world).
> Restoring America's standing in the world should be a priority for
> every US citizen.
>

You're still doing it, David. Better quit while you're ahead.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.