I had an amusing image of thousands of cannibalistic paleo zombies, meandering around eating their biceps.
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I had an amusing image of thousands of cannibalistic paleo zombies, meandering around eating their biceps.
[QUOTE=Him;1081998]Not to be too straightforward, but... Since companies have started slapping "gluten free" on products that have never had gluten to cash in on suck...I mean, to benefit from the buzz surrounding gluten-free diets right now, the presence of "gluten free" sausage in a persons cart probably says more about the sausage maker than the shopper. Now if it was gluten free bread that would be funny.[/QUOTE]
You are an idiot.
I deliberately buy the gluten free sausages are my local supermarket, because you know what? The other sausages have wheat in them.
[QUOTE=magicmerl;1087407]You are an idiot.
I deliberately buy the gluten free sausages are my local supermarket, because you know what? The other sausages have wheat in them.[/QUOTE]
Do you think that's true everywhere? I mean, the part about sausages having wheat.
[QUOTE=Him;1087422]Do you think that's true everywhere? I mean, the part about sausages having wheat.[/QUOTE]
I know it surprised me. I've noticed, of course, the nitrites, nitrates and other fillers and flavor "enhancers" but don't recall seeing wheat or any of the fancy names they use instead of wheat. But I'm going to look again.
Oscar Mayer Beef Franks:
Ingredients: BEEF, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, DRIED GARLIC, SPICE, SODIUM NITRITE.
Hormel Original Smoked Sausage:
Ingredients: Pork, Water, Beef, Vinegar, Salt, Turbinado Sugar, Spices, Celery Juice Powder, Natural Flavoring, Lactic Acid Starter Culture. In Natural Pork Casing.
And so on.... not saying those are great ingredients, but other than some expensive specialty sausages targeted mainly at UK expats, I can't recall ever seeing wheat on the ingredients list of a US-made sausage.
[QUOTE=Him;1087422]Do you think that's true everywhere? I mean, the part about sausages having wheat.[/QUOTE]
When I first saw gluten free sausages at my supermarket, I checked the labels of EVERY other type of sausage there. They ALL had wheat (gluten) in them. The only thing that matters to me is my supermarket and what I can buy.
I don't care if there are unlabeled gluten-free sausages in other supermarkets or other countries. That's not relevant to me because I can't buy them.
Sorry if my response to you was abrasive, but you came across to me as smug and condescending (and wrong). Thus, my post.
[QUOTE=magicmerl;1087445]We're not suckers for wanting to buy gluten-free sausages, and it doesn't say more about the sausage makers than the consumer. How can it? They are responding to our perceived need, so clearly their labelling is driven by our purchasing decisions. [/QUOTE]
Perceived need is correct. In support of Him's post, turkeys here are labeled (in large letters) "Hormone free" as if this is for our health. Thing is turkey has never been treated with hormones and it has been illegal to treat other poultry with hormones since 1950. Also many products, which never contained trans fats are now labelled '0 trans fat' as if they changed something. It is cashing in on the trend of 'healthy' products.
Whether that matters or not is up to you.
Except that the thing is, I feel so ignorant about how our food is produced. And I'm pretty sure that I'm in the top 1% of consumers in terms of awareness. To the 'average consumer', they know that hormones are a 'bad thing' to dose food animals with, and they want to eat healthy, and so they choose the 'hormone free' turkey because they just don't know whether other turkeys have hormone laced feed or not, they are just trying to eat as healthy as possible.
I'm ok with advertising like that as long as they aren't making fraudulent or deceptive claims. It's things like breakfast cereals that claim to be healthy while being 40% sugar that get my dander up.
On topic: Just went to the gym for some real quick pushups, pullups, situps and stretches. The whole time there another guy was slaving away on an exercise bike, and had been for some time. We both finished at the same time, with him commenting "was that it?"
[QUOTE=magicmerl;1087445]When I first saw gluten free sausages at my supermarket, I checked the labels of EVERY other type of sausage there. They ALL had wheat (gluten) in them. The only thing that matters to me is my supermarket and what I can buy.
I don't care if there are unlabeled gluten-free sausages in other supermarkets or other countries. That's not relevant to me because I can't buy them.
Sorry if my response to you was abrasive, but you came across to me as smug and condescending (and wrong). Thus, my post.[/QUOTE]
Well I was clearly wrong. I was thinking in terms of what is familiar to me, without realizing that the poster was in Scotland and that normal varies. As for smug and condescending, I don't think so but noted.
Regarding suckers... think about it from this perspective: [url=http://consumerist.com/2010/03/05/tomato-soup/]Zero Nutritional Difference Between Campbells "Healthy" Tomato Soups And Regular, Just Higher Price[/url] Tell me that isn't an example of people relabeling products to take advantage of suckers. Tell me that "gluten free" stickers on products that are virtually all gluten free would be any different. In the USA, labeling sausage as "gluten free" is a way to get extra money from suckers.
[QUOTE=Him;1087510]Well I was clearly wrong. I was thinking in terms of what is familiar to me, without realizing that the poster was in Scotland and that normal varies. As for smug and condescending, I don't think so but noted.
Regarding suckers... think about it from this perspective: [URL="http://consumerist.com/2010/03/05/tomato-soup/"]Zero Nutritional Difference Between Campbells "Healthy" Tomato Soups And Regular, Just Higher Price[/URL] Tell me that isn't an example of people relabeling products to take advantage of suckers. Tell me that "gluten free" stickers on products that are virtually all gluten free would be any different. In the USA, labeling sausage as "gluten free" is a way to get extra money from suckers.[/QUOTE]
Maybe in our state. I know in other areas of the US, gluten is a very real plausibility if not inevitability.