Misleading commmercials : The recurring natural flavors theme

[Cyrus]

Even if it has there has been a sudden growth in its advertisement especially since people have become more environmentally conscious ; yet the new 7 up isn't going to benefit those bunnies on the farm relative to the their old product with artificial flavoring and they certainly aren't going to have an increased desire to steal it from humans to drink it.

"Natural" is better than artificial in this age where environmental issues have become more significant ; artificial is associated with chemicals while "natural" is deemed not to be. This statement seems to embody the new market tactics .

If I find another product advocating "natural" ingredients its going to be posted here .

Yeah, its just advertising though. Like with any product, you have to do your homework and know what your getting. People get suckered into buying things all the time. "Space age materials!", "As seen on TV!", "used by nasa!", etc.

But if at least one person reads this thread and did not know this, then at least one person was enlightened!

 

[Moonbear]

Even if it has there has been a sudden growth in its advertisement especially since people have become more environmentally conscious ; yet the new 7 up isn't going to benefit those bunnies on the farm relative to the their old product with artificial flavoring and they certainly aren't going to have an increased desire to steal it from humans to drink it.

Wait, this was all prompted by that goofy commercial where the rabbits steal the 7-UP cans? Um, because rabbits raiding houses and gnawing through aluminum cans always makes me think of all natural... Did they actually change something in the formulation, or is it just a new commercial? It's better than the old commercials with that dork and his dog standing in front of a fan on a hot day (that was 7-UP, right?), but I didn't take it to imply there's something new about the product, just that they finally have a new commercial.

But, like all advertising, none of this is motivated by environmental concerns, it's purely market-driven. If they can make more money by playing to the consumer who likes hearing about the "natural flavoring" in soda (because all really health-conscious people drink lots of soda ), then of course they're going to emphasize that. If a shiny new can design would do it, that's what they'd go for.

 

[turbo]

"Natural flavors" covers a whole raft of ingredients that I must avoid to stay out of the ER. When making soups, prepared foods, broths, condiments, etc, manufacturers use the "natural flavors" scam to avoid disclosing that the extractives are added primarily to introduce concentrated glutamates into the products. In fact, there may be several sources of glutamates in a single product because "natural flavors" can appear with "modified food starch", "modified vegetable protein", "autolyzed yeast" and over 50 other aliases. Food manufacturers are not required by law to disclose the presence of glutamates unless the additives used are at least 97% pure glutamates.

http://www.truthinlabeling.org/

 

[GCT]

"Natural flavors" covers a whole raft of ingredients that I must avoid to stay out of the ER. When making soups, prepared foods, broths, condiments, etc, manufacturers use the "natural flavors" scam to avoid disclosing that the extractives are added primarily to introduce concentrated glutamates into the products. In fact, there may be several sources of glutamates in a single product because "natural flavors" can appear with "modified food starch", "modified vegetable protein", "autolyzed yeast" and over 50 other aliases. Food manufacturers are not required by law to disclose the presence of glutamates unless the additives used are at least 97% pure glutamates.

Are you referring to MSG ? That would definitely be news to me and would be quite disturbing.

 

[edward]

LONDON, July 4 (UPI) -- A British judge has ruled that Pringles potato chips are food, a determination that could save Proctor & Gamble millions in tax.

The ruling means the chips -- or as the British call them, crisps -- are not subject to value added tax, The Telegraph reported. The High Court judge found that more than half of the ingredients are something other than potato and also pointed to Pringles' shape and packaging.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2008/07/04/Judge_rules_Pringles_chips_are_food/UPI-73211215217230/

More than half of the ingredients are other than potato?? OMG I hope it isn't wheat gluten and melamine again.

 

[turbo]

Are you referring to MSG ? That would definitely be news to me and would be quite disturbing.

Normally the additive is the salt of glutamic acid and that is called MSG. It is a huge problem for people like me - I ended up near death in anaphylactic shock in an ER until the stupid doctor finally administered epinephrine after the ER nurses screamed at her. My BP was down to about 20/15. After the epinephrine kicked in, the 3 of them had to hold me down for about 20 minutes or so of violent convulsions until I passed out. The ER doctor didn't believe me when I said that I needed epinephrine because of MSG, and she waited until I was about dead before administering it. Sheesh! It's not like it's a hot recreational drug.

If you Google on "MSG" you will find lists of aliases, and I guarantee you that if you eat commercially-available processed food, your pantry is full of MSG-laced food.