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Sat, Jan-10-04, 12:57

RCFletcher RCFletcher is offline

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Originally Posted by Sunslyte

Why is it that people are so Paranoid? Do they honestly believe that the manufacturers in the world sit in their test kitchens evilly chuckling while they hide "secret ingredients" or <GASP> WHITE FLOUR in their products?

I went shopping today. I found beefburgers. 100% beef splashed across the front. On reading the breakdown I discovered they had carbs in. Strange?
same thing with some salami I found: 100% pork - but they contained maltodextrose and sugar amongst other things. I used to test commercial salami and sausage with iodine - a normal test for starch - and yes, sometimes they do lie! Now, I just don't buy them.

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Wed, Feb-04-04, 02:58

kimberlyw

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Originally Posted by RCFletcher

I used to test commercial salami and sausage with iodine - a normal test for starch

Hi! Can you tell me how this is done? In Germany - the meats like packed sausages and so on are not labeled with the "Nutritional Values" label like they are in the U.S. and to make sure, I would like to test a few meats that I have not bought because I have no way of knowing if they have sugar, flour or starch. If they do, I can give them to someone who can eat those things - but I'd like to give it a whirl!