Re: Raisins ................... Healthy????

[Guest guest]

I don't think I would've looked at the ingredients for raisins! Perhaps

the oil works to keep raisins from sticking together easily? A few

months back, I bought chicken broth ... looked at label after I got home

& was surprised to find wheat flour in it. I can't " do " wheat, & I

returned the can for refund. I appreciate you sharing this experience;

I sometimes assume ingredients ... hope to improve this :-)

Rodney wrote:

>Hi folks:

>

>Was just in the local supermarket fresh fruit section and I noticed a nicely

packaged attractive-looking re-sealable plastic wrapped 1 kg of sultana raisins.

>

>Picked it up and thought that the re-sealable bag would be helpful, then

stopped to look at the ingredients list (I wouldn't normally bother to do this

with raisins, I must have been really bored!). What did it say? .............

>

> " Raisins, hydrogenated vegetable oil " .

>

>Can anyone figure out why anyone would add hydrogenated vegetable oil to

RAISINS? Perhaps the oil is cheaper per pound than the raisins? Can't be too

careful. Don't say you weren't warned.

>

>Rodney.

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>>

From: " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

Date: Sun Jul 4, 2004 3:00 pm

Subject: Raisins ................... Healthy????

Was just in the local supermarket fresh fruit section and I noticed a

nicely packaged attractive-looking re-sealable plastic wrapped 1 kg

of sultana raisins. [snip] What did it say? .............

" Raisins, hydrogenated vegetable oil " .

>>>

Hydrogenated oils are being added to a lot of American foods. It is

getting harder and harder to avoid them. I have started to challenge

manufacturers by writing to their customer service departments and

complaining. Also, I filed a petition with the FDA about two

practices which are particularly deceptive: Calling products " 100%

Natural " when they have partially hydrogenated fats, and hiding the

calories of mono- and diglycerides under the contention that fats are

only triglycerides.

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/petition.html

Below is a recent exchange with Morton Salt, which is now adding

partially hydrogenated fats to some of its salt products. I encourage

any of you who feel strongly about the adulteration of natural

products with unhealthy ingredients to write to the manufacturers and

express your concerns.

Tony

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" SaltInfo " <saltinfo@...>

cc: " Rose A Magdziarz " <rmagdziarz@...>

Subject: Re: WWW Feedback from Ask Rose

Date: 05/12/2004 12:29 PM

Morton Salt Consumer affairs:

I just bought a box of Morton salt that had a small sample of " Hot

Salt " . I was going to try it, but when I read that it had PARTIALLY

HYDROGENATED oil in the ingredients, I decided to throw it in the

trash.

I know that the salt has less than 2% of this ingredient, but my

question is: Why must you add an ingredient that has TRANS FAT and

been shown to cause cardiovascular diseases? It is bad enough that

salt gets blamed for hypertension, but now Morton has to add something

that is bad for the heart. Your formulation chemists must have their

head buried in the sand by not paying attention to health issues. If

you must use oil in your product, you should use a natural oil. If

you have concerns about rancidity, use a natural saturated fat like

coconut oil which at least can be metabolized normally.

The amount of trans fat in your salt is probably not enough to cause

anybody to have a heart attack, but using such ingredients gives the

impression that Morton does not care about customers' health.

A. Zamora

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/fattyacids.html

5101 River Road, #1918

Bethesda, MD 20816

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From: " SaltInfo " <saltinfo@...>

Subject: Re: WWW Feedback from Ask Rose

Zamora

Sender: " Rose A Magdziarz " <rmagdziarz@...>

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:00:44 -0500

Thank you for contacting Morton Salt.

Morton Hot Salt contains a variety of ingredients which have a

different particle size. In order to keep the hot salt mixture

uniform and to keep it from separating in the bottle a small amount of

hydrogenated vegetable oil is used. This ingredient is very stable

in nature and will not go rancid, thus a bottle of Hot Salt can be

stored in a cupboard for a long time without spoilage.

The amount of this ingredient as compared to other foods is very low

---- per 1/4 teaspoon contains less than < 0.001 gram of fat.

We appreciate your comments and viewpoint.

Sincerely,

MORTON SALT

Consumer Affairs

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[Guest guest]

Yes, read the label..... fwiw even without added bad stuff, raisins are

calorically very dense... grapes may be a better choice.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: Rodney [mailto:perspect1111@...]

Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:00 PM

Subject: [ ] Raisins ................... Healthy????

Hi folks:

Was just in the local supermarket fresh fruit section and I noticed a

nicely packaged attractive-looking re-sealable plastic wrapped 1 kg

of sultana raisins.

Picked it up and thought that the re-sealable bag would be helpful,

then stopped to look at the ingredients list (I wouldn't normally

bother to do this with raisins, I must have been really bored!).

What did it say? .............

" Raisins, hydrogenated vegetable oil " .

Can anyone figure out why anyone would add hydrogenated vegetable oil

to RAISINS? Perhaps the oil is cheaper per pound than the raisins?

Can't be too careful. Don't say you weren't warned.

Rodney.

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[Guest guest]

Hi JR:

I include some raisins in my diet for their claimed antioxidant

capacity. But I grant you they are rather energy dense relative to

the regular micronutrients.

Rodney.

--- In , " john roberts " <johnhrob@n...>

wrote:

> Yes, read the label..... fwiw even without added bad stuff, raisins

are

> calorically very dense... grapes may be a better choice.

>

> JR

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rodney [mailto:perspect1111@y...]

> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:00 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Raisins ................... Healthy????

>

>

> Hi folks:

>

> Was just in the local supermarket fresh fruit section and I noticed

a

> nicely packaged attractive-looking re-sealable plastic wrapped 1 kg

> of sultana raisins.

>

> Picked it up and thought that the re-sealable bag would be helpful,

> then stopped to look at the ingredients list (I wouldn't normally

> bother to do this with raisins, I must have been really bored!).

> What did it say? .............

>

> " Raisins, hydrogenated vegetable oil " .

>

> Can anyone figure out why anyone would add hydrogenated vegetable

oil

> to RAISINS? Perhaps the oil is cheaper per pound than the raisins?

>

> Can't be too careful. Don't say you weren't warned.

>

> Rodney.

>

>

>

>

>

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