Re: Ortega Guacamole Dip - horrible ingredients

[Guest guest]

Geez, my homemade quacamole dip generally has about 5 ingredients.

Avocado, tomato, lime juice, salt, (maybe salsa, onion, jalepeno)

Look what the one in the jar contains. More cellulose gel and salt than

avocado!!! from _www.goodguide.com_ (http://www.goodguide.com) website. (A

great ingredient search website.)

Ortega Guacamole Dip:

Ingredients: Skim Milk, Canola Oil, Concentrated Crushed Tomatoes, Food

Starch Modified, Dehydrated Onion, Salt, Cream Cheese (cultured Milk, Salt,

Carob Bean Gum), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glucono Delta Lactone,

Maltodextrin, Cellulose Gel, Avocado Powder, Garlic Powder, Monosodium

Glutamate,

Dehydrated Bell Pepper, Spice, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Worcestershire

Sauce Solids (Corn Syrup Solids, Salt, Caramel Color, Garlic, Sugar, Spices,

Soy Sauce Solids [Naturally Fermented Wheat and Soybeans, Salt,

Maltodextrin, Caramel Color], Tamarind, Natural Flavors, Malt Extract), Xanthan

Gum,

Cellulose Gum, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate (to preserve

Freshness), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Lime and Lemon Juice Solids, Jalapeno

Peppers, Chili Pepper, Mono and Diglycerides, Acetic Acid, Yellow 5, Blue 1.

Hubby says, " No wonder it tastes so horrible " but those weren't his exact

words. ;-)

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

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