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Chocolate maker Mars has ordered a recall of chocolate products in 55 countries

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Re: Chocolate maker Mars has ordered a recall of chocolate products in 55 countries

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Der Postillion, a German satirical newspaper, reported this story as Rückruf unbegründet: Plastikteilchen laut Experten gesündeste Zutat in Mars-Riegeln (Recall unnecessary: pieces of plastic healthiest ingredient in Mars Bars, say experts)

http://www.der-postillon.com/2016/02/ruckruf-unbegrundet-pla...

Re: Chocolate maker Mars has ordered a recall of chocolate products in 55 countries

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It's an amazing example of how well engineered the mass produced food producers are. Something as silly as a piece of plastic in one bit of their food (common sort of thing in low end producers, like hand made) equals a mass recall. It's why food these days from McDonalds etc is so safe (from immediate harm) Mass produced engineering is pretty cool.

100% agreed re McDonalds. Not only that, its healthiness is easy to verify since all the ingredients and nutrition data is available. Good luck finding out how much saturated fat is in the dish at that posh restaurant everyone queues up for!

So, I can go to a nice place and get some freshly made mayonnaise with my crab cakes. It's tasty as f, and is clearly unhealthy. If it's made with bad ingredients or bad hygiene there is a risk of food poisoning - raw eggs and all that. Each chef makes the mayonnaise with slightly different seasoning and those tablespoon/ half a lemon etc measures vary a bit from batch to batch.

Alternatively I can have a cheeseburger at Maccy Ds. I am confident that there's no real risk of food poisoning from the faux mayonnaise in the filling. The McMayo makeup is accurately detailed to within % points. It's jammed full of various preservatives, and indeed it can probably be stored for years without risk.

McMayo is safer, has detailed nutritional info, and is perfectly consistent.

Personally - I'll have the fresh mayonnaise every time, and strangely not knowing the amount of saturated fats doesn't trouble me in the slightest. To each their own.

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