The Bad Stuff Is At The Back!

@Kandae11 (56661)
February 19, 2025 9:58am CST
Do you ever read the fine print at the back of the packaged food and snacks you consume? Product manufacturers are smart. All the good stuff health conscious people want to see is usually written boldly across the front. Like no cholesterol, no transfat, but take a look at the back. There you will find a long list of unhealthy ingredients (including preservatives ) in the fine print. High amounts of sodium, sugar, unhealthy oils and saturated fat. I was checking out a new brand of crackers in the supermarket and was blown away by the long list of unhealthy ingredients written at the back. I think l can make my own crackers - with 5 or less ingredients....Do you take note of what is written at the back.? Pixabay image.
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• United States
19 Feb
I like to think that I'm a label reader and do check to see how much sugar, carbs and fat are in something. I guess I don't read the whole list of ingredients though.
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• United States
19 Feb
@Kandae11 it's pretty scary when you actually consider what's going in our food
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@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
@Marilynda1225 l read recently that the red coloring is particularly bad used in strawberry or red colored foods.
@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
Some of them have been known to cause cancer in rats.
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@1creekgirl (43806)
• United States
19 Feb
I do read labels, too. With eating gluten free, the foods I cook don't have the preservatives and other unhealthy ingredients.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
Its good to take the time to do our own cooking. I work from home, so l have all the time to prepare my own food.
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@1creekgirl (43806)
• United States
19 Feb
@Kandae11 That's sure good you can do that.
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@snowy22315 (192444)
• United States
19 Feb
Not really, but I try not to buy things with palm oil or transfats.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
You're on the right track. Transfats clog the arteries and lead to heart attacks.
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@allknowing (149097)
• India
20 Feb
I will try not to go for anything new that is introduced in the market.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
20 Feb
Some of the older brands have less additives .
@Traceyjayne (2997)
• United Kingdom
2 May
have to admit i don't always read the back of the packet. I f its something like crisps, chocolate etc i know its the answer. if it is general foodstuff depending on what it is i may not purchase it after all.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
2 May
It pays to pay attention to what we put in our stomachs.. I have been guilty so many times in the past...
@grenery8 (18183)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Feb
i don't have time but i buy all the same food, more or less
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@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
I know . A lot of people are too busy to réad the fine print.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
21 Feb
@grenery8 lf you don't know you won't worry - until you start getting sick.
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@grenery8 (18183)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Feb
@Kandae11 and sometimes by not knowing, you feel better.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52843)
• United States
27 Feb
I am compelled to read it all. It can be exhausting.
@cabuyogty (3899)
• Philippines
19 Feb
No but I'm always looking out on what food I can eat and buy in the supermarket.
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@Kandae11 (56661)
19 Feb
Okay.
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