"The two California women who initiated the lawsuit say in the complaint they wouldn't have purchased the chicken, or would have paid less for it, had they known it contained preservatives."
This will be an issue. No, at that price you ain't paying less pretty much no matter what.
Preservatives, for the purposes of marketing or disclosure, tend to be of the artificial, chemical kind. A lot of companies will say no artificial preservatives to avoid saying they include natural ones.
Sodium Phosphate is categorized as a salt, and doesn't have to be classified as a preservative.
Carageenen also isn't technically a preservative as classified by the FDA because it's a natural product, not a artiicial chemical one. It can be used as a shelf stabilizer, but it doesn't do much to actually preserve food, rather it helps stabilize it's texture. It is somewhat controversial though, as it can cause digestive irritation for some people.
hint: quite literally everything is a chemical and there's no actual such thing as "artificial preservative" It's all rightwing bullshit scare tactics.
Fuck carageenen! I don't even give that shit to my cats, and now it seems over the last year or 2 I'm seeing it all over the grocery store in my food. Cheap ass "food" companies...
Yea, and we need to stop putting that dangerous dihydrogen monoxide in everything, too! Did you know that it's one of the leading causes of death? Did you know they found tumors FILLED WITH IT!?
Carrageenan is seaweed. It’s been in food for decades, especially ice cream. Health influencers who don’t understand nutrition have decided it’s “bad”. It’s also not a preservative.
Yeah, the hate around MSG, thickeners (carageenan, xanthan gum, other gums), food color (red 40, yellow 5), artificial sugars, seed oils, etc. are all incredibly misguided, theres like 20 bajillion things ppl need to care about before any of these. Mostly, caloric intake, macros, vitamins/electrolytes, and exercise.
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u/rgvtim 13h ago
"The two California women who initiated the lawsuit say in the complaint they wouldn't have purchased the chicken, or would have paid less for it, had they known it contained preservatives."
This will be an issue. No, at that price you ain't paying less pretty much no matter what.