241–250 of 288 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? Sure, if you are assuming Americans are mostly eating these things daily.
Twinkies are made up almost entirely (by mass) of the things listed above. The only major thing missing is sugar.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Twinkies are made up almost entirely (by mass) of the things listed above. The only major thing missing is sugar.
Should you check the ingredients again? that's your definition of most?
Sugar, Water, Enriched Flour, High Fructose Corn Syrup (sugar), Tallow (animal fat/oil), Dextrose (sugar, from the HFCS), Egg
Twinkies are >98% sugar, flower, oil, with a little bit of egg.
You could substitute the tallow with other similar kinds of oils if you wanted, like say coconut oil.
Europe has the MHD (Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum)[0] but I think I never saw it exceeding 2 years which for some products is misleading since they would be good for very much longer like seeds or marmalade for example. It will probably help to prolong certain products shelf life but it isn’t a perfect system. 0. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
The Mindeshaltbarkeitsdatum is exactly what it says: a "best before" (MINDEST, minimum). It does not say anything about it not potentially remaining the same quality or taste after this date, and definitely not that it is dangerous to consume after. It may for example simply lose some of its taste over time, but up until that date it is "guaranteed" to taste the same ("the best").
Products that should not be consumed after a certain date (like meat) use "Zu verbrauchen bis" (use before); that is not a MHD.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re right that the dates serve other purposes. The incentives aren’t as simple as avoiding wasted product. Shelf space is valuable. Food that expires is inventory that’s not selling for some reason, or it wouldn’t be on the shelf long enough to expire. It’s taking up space that could instead be used for other inventory that does sell well. So even inventory that doesn’t expire at all will get put on the discount r…
The grocery industry is heavily monopolized. No where more so than on the west coast. They don't care about their reputation because there mostly is nowhere else for you to legitimately go to.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Most of the food that sits on the shelf for weeks shouldn't be consumed. Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? All of these can reasonably sit on a shelf for weeks. I guess none of these are safe to be consumed, all just "toxins".
> Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? All of these can reasonably sit on a shelf for weeks. They're probably full of things that are bad for you too. Your salt is full of microplastics ( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/micro... ). Your oats are full of chlormequat. Your spices are full of heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, an…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The grocery industry is heavily monopolized. No where more so than on the west coast. They don't care about their reputation because there mostly is nowhere else for you to legitimately go to.
Nearby: Safeway, Lucky’s, Target, Trader Joe’s, Ranch 99, Costco, Walmart, Cardenas, Pak N’ Save, and I’m sure I missed some. Also, a lot of Asian food marts that aren’t chains. That seems like quite a lot of competition?
So, no, not a lot of competition.
You really should look into grocery M&A's over the past few years. This is all easy to see if you care to _actually_ look.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sell by is entirely unrelated to quality though. It's just how often they think they can get away with. Like the recommendation on a box of baking soda... Put it in your fridge and change it every 30 days. No thanks.
It's not how long they can get away with, it's how long they are willing to listen to complaints about it. A sell by date makes perfect sense on salt. No packager wants to be responsible for material that sat on someone else's shelf for years and years.
I find food in the US contains too much toxin that harms the body. They have a lot of synthetic chemicals and preservatives. Many of which have very bad long term damages to the body. Even with these labels, sometimes it doesn't really tell the whole story about the ingredients. Most of the food that sits on the shelf for weeks shouldn't be consumed.
> Most of the food that sits on the shelf for weeks shouldn't be consumed. Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? All of these can reasonably sit on a shelf for weeks. I guess none of these are safe to be consumed, all just "toxins".
Or for years, in a proper cupboard.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Most of the food that sits on the shelf for weeks shouldn't be consumed. Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? All of these can reasonably sit on a shelf for weeks. I guess none of these are safe to be consumed, all just "toxins".
> Salt? Flour? Oil? Oats? Rice? Garlic? Black pepper? Most ground spices? Nuts? Beans? Honey? Vinegar? Quinoa? All of these can reasonably sit on a shelf for weeks. They're probably full of things that are bad for you too. Your salt is full of microplastics ( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/micro... ). Your oats are full of chlormequat. Your spices are full of heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, an…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's something to blow your mind: Most Americans are not literate. Yes, I'm serious and I say that as a fellow American. We are not literate. So use as few words as possible and a date. Honestly we could probably do without the words, just the date.
Is minified code easier to read? No. It’s the same with regular language; shorter sentences are not always more comprehensible.
Seriously: We hate reading. The fewer words the better.