Reading ingredient lists is now mandatory for me.
The other day hubby went to Giant. I haven't purchased any food from major grocery stores for many months now as their organics departments aren't frequented enough for a good turnover of produce, but hubby doesn't like to drive out to Roots, so he still goes to Giant and Safeway from time to time.
I asked him to buy some Pacific Butternut Squash Organic soup if they had it. In an effort not to disappoint me he bought Campbell's and V8 have partnered to make a Butternut Squash Soup. On the front of the container they state:
- A full serving of vegetables
- No artificial flavors
- No preservatives
However, let's look at the ingredients list (we have to look at the container b/c they don't list their ingredients on their website:
Butternut Squash
Water
Potatoes
Carrots
Cream (Milk)
Contains less than 2% of:
Modified Food Starch - starch derivative prepared physically, enzymatically or chemically treating native starch.
Dehydrated Potatoes -not really sure why it has to be dehydrated.
Yeast Extract (can sometimes hide MSG)
Sugar
Salt
Butter (Cream (Milk), Salt)
Flavoring (No artificial flavorings.. but then.. what kind of flavoring is this?)
Dehydrated Onions -not really sure why it has to be dehydrated.
Maltodextrin - used in soda and candy
Celery
Onions
Corn Oil - Can cause cancer, we already know the risks of corn products right?
Dehydrated Parsley
Cornstarch
Lower Sodium Natural Sea Salt
Natural Flavoring (Soy)
First - none of the ingredients are organic. Second do we really need butter and oil? Last - why Maltrodextrin? I am always floored by the amount of foods that I find contain this ingredient.
I have the receipt on the soup and it will be returned this week.
