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For me personally: if (foodItem.ingredientList.size()>9) {return false;} else if (foodItem.inventedYearsAgo()<100) {return false;} else{ return true;} So I c
by icandoit 6y ago
For me personally:
if (foodItem.ingredientList.size()>9) {return false;}
else if (foodItem.inventedYearsAgo()<100) {return false;}
else{ return true;}
So I can eat a baguette prepared traditionally, and a few brands of prepared bread from the grocery store.
- blakesterz 6y agoI think Polan said something like "If your great grandparents didn't have it, it's probably not good for you" and I think that's a pretty good rule of thumb.
- mrfusion 6y agoProtein bars?
- smt88 6y agoPollan specifically calls out protein bars for being extremely processed and full of hidden unhealthy ingredients.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- kazinator 6y agoMostly limited to food though; doesn't work for items like polio vaccines and three-prong electrical outlets. :)
- SilasX 6y agoHot Pockets are a rebranding of meat pies, which have been around since medieval times.
- froasty 6y agoHot Pockets are not a rebranding. Hot Pockets are economically adulterated putrescence masquerading as a meat pie. Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED BEEF PATTIE CRUMBLES (BEEF HAMBURGER, WATER, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN [SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR], SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORS, DEXTROSE, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE), REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CULTURES, SALT, FLAVORS, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ANNATTO, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR CHEDDAR CHEESE), KETCHUP (TOMATO PUREE [TOMATO PASTE, WATER], CORN SWEETENER [HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP], VINEGAR, SALT, SEASONING [SPICES, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER], DEHYDRATED ONION), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CORN OIL), ONIONS, 2% OR LESS OF DILL PICKLE RELISH (PICKLES, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT AND NATURAL FLAVORS), NON-FAT DRY MILK, BUTTERMILK POWDER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, VINEGAR, TOASTED SESAME SEEDS, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, YEAST, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES [WHEAT]), SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, METHYLCELLULOSE, WHEY, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES.
- SilasX 6y agoWas all-caps necessary? Or maybe a link instead?
- AlexTWithBeard 6y agook, slightly reformatting the above and excluding "2% or less" ingredients for the first approximation we get: - flour, water, beef, soy, cheese, ketchup, corn syrup, vinegar, salt, onion. - the rest is "2% or less" which we can ignore for the first order approximation To my taste it's too much salt and I also don't like sugar in my food, but other than that the ingredients are pretty benign. It's 250 calories per 100 grams, close to my personal upper limit of "reasonable foods". If eating one or two of these for breakfast make you feel full and happy until lunch - why not? (edit: reformatting)
- 6y ago
- watwut 6y agoOranges, zucchini, meat more then once a week ... none of that was available. But, they have drunk a lot more alcohol. Lets face it, our great grandparents food was not terribly healthy in a lot of ways.
- twic 6y agoBut not ciabatta?
- blakesterz 6y ago"Ciabatta is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and olive oil, created in 1982" NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO!?! I had no idea that was so new. That's interesting. I wonder what else is out there I just assume has been around forever like that.