Here are 7 foods that aren't exactly what you think
Info has published a list of some very popular foods, eaten by a lot of people and which are actually far from being “innocent” as they seem. It is a fact that more has been thought nowadays about the products we consume, because many of them are industrialized and contain ingredients that are not part of what we consider healthy or even appetizing. Check out some of these items below and then tell us: How is your diet?
Mustard
There are those who scowl for the yellow sauce, but there are also many people out there who do not dispense with the spice. The fact is, mustard is a vegetable and the spice you know well has very few seeds of that plant. The popular taste even comes from a combination of vinegar, sugar, water and starch.
Creamy cheese
The consumer, as always, may end up making mistakes when choosing a product, after all, many packages leave important information in small letters. In the case of curd, what you may not know is that many creams are "added" with starch and vegetable shortening to yield more.
Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese
Cheese comes at a higher price than traditional ones, especially since it is made with buffalo milk. I mean ... theoretically. Recent research has indicated that, in fact, your cheesy white cheese is made from 80% cow milk and only 20% buffalo milk.
Honey
Who produces honey? Bees, right? Not exactly. Be wary whenever the product is very cheap. In this case, look for a magnifying glass, read the label on the package and check: maybe it is made of sugar cane or glucose, in which case the "honey" is not very healthy, after all, it's just processed sugar. . Keep an eye!
Beer
One of the most beloved alcoholic drinks of all time should be water, hops and barley malt. Some Brazilian brands, however, decided to add one more ingredient: corn. Research done last year indicated that the amount of the grain reaches 50% of the composition of some national beers.
Yogurt
A yogurt needs to be made from milk to be called as such. In the case of this food, it is not always what happens - many of them are produced only with whey. The name should be fermented milk drink, not yogurt.
Milk with chocolate
When you buy the ready-made drink, in small boxes or bottles, you are not about to drink chocolate milk, simply because the recipe does not include milk. What happens here is very similar to the history of yogurt, since instead of milk, the recipe has whey, water and vegetable fat. This type of drink is less nutritious than it should be if made with the "true" ingredients.
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The research cited in the text were all conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Protection - Idec.
* Originally posted on 11/22/2013.
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