Label Police Under Investigation

Do You Police Your Labels?
I promise not to rant. Well, maybe just a little bit... We often have such interesting conversations with our customers and I wish I could write well enough to share some of their stories and quips. People share their recipes, which is so often part of their history. Many people are re-discovering the nutraceutical power of  teas,spices, vinegars and oils. Due to media coverage of certain food mishaps, people are becoming more aware of where their food is coming from and what exactly is involved in bringing their product from farm to grocer. My personal favorite past-time is reading labels on boxes and bags and trying to decipher exactly what is in the product. I even went on a binge of only buying products that listed less than five ingredients (there were and continue to be alot of veggies and fruit in our house). The book and movie, Food, Inc., gave me even more reason to be suspicious of some of the ingredients. There is even a local writer ,Chris Ellis, of Green Living Monthly, who writes a column detailing what certain ingredient items are and what they do and where they come from. Last month she wrote a column about ingredients in common dog food. Sheesh!! Now I have to worry about those labels, too! The point here is perhaps YOU should be a bit of a Label Police as well. Do you really need maltodextrin (a corn product most likely GMO), sodium metabisulphite, or silicon dioxide in your diet? Hmmm.....don't remember seeing those on my list of RDAs.