Comments on: Natural Flavors http://foodblog.jkvetter.com/2007/12/13/natural-flavors/ Tasty, Easy To Make Foods For The Everyday Cook Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:35:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jackie http://foodblog.jkvetter.com/2007/12/13/natural-flavors/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Jackie Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:20:36 +0000 http://foodblog.jkvetter.com/2007/12/13/natural-flavors/#comment-97 Miriam: Thank you for your response. I was so glad to find your article and get the info out there. We do trust places like Whole Foods to have only "whole" foods. You would not think that they would have products in their store that contain animal products, like Rice Milk, when they know that vegetarians/vegans are using those products. I am going to have to write to Whole Foods. I am loving this journey to veganism. It has not been easy, but I didn't expect it to be. I have found the steps I have taken so far to be well worth it. Thanks for writing. I do hope you enjoy the blog. Miriam:

Thank you for your response. I was so glad to find your article and get the info out there. We do trust places like Whole Foods to have only “whole” foods. You would not think that they would have products in their store that contain animal products, like Rice Milk, when they know that vegetarians/vegans are using those products. I am going to have to write to Whole Foods.

I am loving this journey to veganism. It has not been easy, but I didn’t expect it to be. I have found the steps I have taken so far to be well worth it.

Thanks for writing. I do hope you enjoy the blog.

]]> By: Tangergreen http://foodblog.jkvetter.com/2007/12/13/natural-flavors/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Tangergreen Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:11:57 +0000 http://foodblog.jkvetter.com/2007/12/13/natural-flavors/#comment-96 Dear Ken & Jackie, Thank you for linking to my site, Tangergreen. My husband and I are longtime vegans (me for some 17 years) and one of the reasons we are blogging about worries like natural flavors is that we have watched unscrupulous companies attempt to sneak in on the 'natural' ticket, all the while creating products which contain completely unnatural ingredients - like natural flavors. When I went vegan as a kid, there were very few packaged vegan products to choose from. Now, markets like Whole Foods are stocked to the ceiling with so called natural foods, many of them geared toward vegan and vegetarian customers. Corporations have discovered that we are a demographic which will spend lots for good food. But, if we trust these companies any more than we would Coca-Cola, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Label reading is the first and best thing I know of that you can do to avoid being tricked. If you don't know what an ingredient is, chances are, it's not good for you and isn't coming from a whole food source. I hope you found our article on natural flavors to be of interest, and I'm enjoying looking at your blog here. Always great to find folks who love their veggies! Cheers, Miriam Dear Ken & Jackie,
Thank you for linking to my site, Tangergreen. My husband and I are longtime vegans (me for some 17 years) and one of the reasons we are blogging about worries like natural flavors is that we have watched unscrupulous companies attempt to sneak in on the ‘natural’ ticket, all the while creating products which contain completely unnatural ingredients – like natural flavors.

When I went vegan as a kid, there were very few packaged vegan products to choose from. Now, markets like Whole Foods are stocked to the ceiling with so called natural foods, many of them geared toward vegan and vegetarian customers. Corporations have discovered that we are a demographic which will spend lots for good food. But, if we trust these companies any more than we would Coca-Cola, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Label reading is the first and best thing I know of that you can do to avoid being tricked. If you don’t know what an ingredient is, chances are, it’s not good for you and isn’t coming from a whole food source.

I hope you found our article on natural flavors to be of interest, and I’m enjoying looking at your blog here. Always great to find folks who love their veggies!

Cheers,
Miriam

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