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19598552 No.19598552 [Reply] [Original]

How closely do you check labels in the grocery store?

>> No.19598582

>>19598552
Poor catholic aztecs.

>> No.19598768 [DELETED] 

>>19598552
very closely
I won't eat 90% of the garbage at a grocery store and the only reason most goyslop exsists is because you can buy it with (((ebt))).

>> No.19598776

>>19598552
All the time, I look at expiration dates so I may as well check other aspects.

The only things I buy in the middle isles are usually snacks (which I know are bad for me anyways) or things like jam, pickled items, canned veggies, beans etc. Otherwise everything else is fresh produce, meat, dairy, and my bread comes from a local bakery down the road from me.

>> No.19598830

>>19598768
Food programs should be shelf clearing in nature, and based on stock rotation. Ugly fruits and rotting meat. The cut offs from a bakery, stale.

>> No.19598889

Pretty closely to be honest. I really try to buy nothing that is processed or preserved/ prepared. Pain in the ass but I feel healthier.

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19600000

What's "imitation vinegar" anyway?

>> No.19600133

>>19600000
Imitation vinegar making uses petrochemicals or fossil fuels to convert into synthetic methanol and carbon monoxide. High-temperature oxidation of the mixture followed by exposure to high pressure leads to the formation of acetic acid. The end product is heavily concentrated with 5 – 80% acetic acid levels.

>> No.19600147

>>19600000
Something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-brewed_condiment I suppose?

Also, mirin' those pents.

>> No.19600163

>>19600133
>>19600147
There’s no way this can be better than regular vinegar by any metric
Some guy with a patent and a rich uncle is foisting this on food producers

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>> No.19600181 [DELETED] 

>>19598552
>I'm scared of big words, hold my hand /ck/
This is the same nonsense that I see when people compare US ingredient labels to UK, and say UK foods are healthier because they don't list the scientific terminology of each ingredient. Don't take things at face value and do some research.

>> No.19600702

Very

>> No.19602343

>>19600181
Enjoy cancer.

>> No.19602353

>>19598552
I always take a long look at whatever catches my eye, don't want to accidentally buy a 4% beer or something.

>> No.19602364

>>19598552
Very closely. Especially in light of certain things related to globalism and their pseudo-religious subversion.
It's a shame too, because so many food items which would otherwise be great are pumped full of preservatives, artificial coloring, corn syrup and other suspicious chemical compounds.

>> No.19602365

>>19598552
I grab different brands look at the ingredient and pick the one that has the least crap in it.

>> No.19602382

>>19600163
It's cheaper. In the UK it's what they'd call a "non-brewed condiment" since the term vinegar can only be applied to acetic acid produced by bacteria. Is it dangerous? Probably not, but it's not what I'd call a marker of quality.

>> No.19602386

>>19600000
Wasted get. Kys

>> No.19602400

If I'm buying junk food, I check to see which item has the most fat and sodium, and that's the one I buy. Hey, it's called junk food for a reason.

>> No.19602434

>>19602400 digits
why do you care about that and not the artificial colors and flavorings? or do you decide based on other things too?

>> No.19602464

>>19602434
>why do you care about that and not the artificial colors and flavorings? or do you decide based on other things too?
Because I simply don't give a fuck about anything except fat and sodium in my junk food.
There isn't anything else to read into here.

>> No.19602480

>>19602464
The artificial colors and flavorings can be harmful. Remember red 3 or the links to ill health from other colorings and flavorings?
If not, look into it.
Sure you shouldn't eat too much fat or sodium either, but try to be careful, anon. All I'm saying.

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>>19598552
>How closely do you check labels in the grocery store?
very

>> No.19603403

>>19602480
are you gay or just retarded

>> No.19603470

>>19602916
>ash
retard

>> No.19603562

If it's not an unprocessed ingredient or a protein I check it just to see what fillers they put in it. The "store brand" is usually the worst offender in this regard. I have no idea why this is even legal

>> No.19603568

As a wagie, I recommend always checking dates and NEVER buying marked down perishables. Anyone who buys marked down meat, marked down eggs, or prepackaged adobo deserves to have their digestive system wrecked.

>> No.19603659

>>19598830
And you should be my butler and wipe my ass. Kys

>> No.19603668

>>19603568
I only buy marked down meat if I will be using it in the next four hours, and only if it's unoxidized beef

>> No.19603675

>>19598552
I bought some pickled jalapeño slices and didn't notice till I got home that they had sugar and soybean oil in them. Never again.

>> No.19603716

>>19598552
pretty sure these are illegal to put into food in EU
thank god
>>19600163
it's literally the same chemical and it's simple enough that you can't really make any byproducts
>Some guy with a patent and a rich uncle is foisting this on food producers
it's more of alcohol maker lobby to make it sound as nefarious as possible so that people keep buying their rotten wine

>> No.19603976

>>19598552
i've been vegan since childhood, so i know every ingredient of everything i buy, which is usually just individual ingredients. sometimes there's other stuff like shellac and fungicide on fruit

>> No.19603983

>>19603659
buttle my butt

>> No.19603984

>>19603568
This guy masturbates

>> No.19604122

>>19598830
Impossible to enforce.

>> No.19604124

>>19603659
Why because we got into a fender bender?

>> No.19604198

>>19603403
Neither, and that's not an argument or a reason to continue your self destructive eating habits either. it's your choice.