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Good point. I say, have the regular stuff (w/sugar) but just go easy with it.

eslaught 4y ago
The thing that's crazy is that even the "regular" items sometimes have artificial sweeteners now. You basically cannot assume any product category, with any labeling, with not have it. You have to check the ingredient list yourself (and make sure you're familiar with all the names these things go under). At this point my main strategy is to minimize number of ingredients (e.g., two ingredient peanut butter) because otherwise it's just too easy to miss something getting slipped in there. It's insane.
- unclebucknasty 4y ago
  >You basically cannot assume any product category Picked up a loaf of bread on sale the other day and, because it wasn't the brand I normally get, I scanned the ingredients. Surprised to find that it contained sucralose. It wasn't listed as "lite" or similar. Just "regular" bread. With sucralose.
  - pawsforthought 4y ago
    Does the place you shop not sell fresh bread? In European supermarkets that’s the norm. Anything branded (i.e. shelf stable and sold in a plastic bag) is to be treated with suspicion.
    - unclebucknasty 4y ago
      Supermarkets in the U.S. will frequently have a bakery, but they tend to sell other baked goods, such as cakes, pastries, etc. Whatever bread they do sell is generally more "specialty", like baguettes or sourdough. If you're looking for "standard" loaved bread, that's generally relegated to the shelf stable type, of which there is a substantial selection. Some of the shelf stable stuff is better than others WRT ingredients, and it's possible to make relatively decent selections. The cheaper stuff tends to be more awash in garbage ingredients. OTOH, it's also not necessarily the case that the in-store bakery stuff is free of garbage ingredients, to include artificial flavors, etc.
- bagacrap 4y ago
  I hope one of the ingredients in your pb is salt
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  - silon42 4y ago
    Maybe 10:1 ratio of water:isotonic drink is an acceptable idea.

The thing that's crazy is that even the "regular" items sometimes have artificial sweeteners now. You basically cannot assume any product category, with any labeling, with not have it. You have to check the ingredient list yourself (and make sure you're familiar with all the names these things go under). At this point my main strategy is to minimize number of ingredients (e.g., two ingredient peanut butter) because otherwise it's just too easy to miss something getting slipped in there. It's insane.

unclebucknasty 4y ago
>You basically cannot assume any product category Picked up a loaf of bread on sale the other day and, because it wasn't the brand I normally get, I scanned the ingredients. Surprised to find that it contained sucralose. It wasn't listed as "lite" or similar. Just "regular" bread. With sucralose.
- pawsforthought 4y ago
  Does the place you shop not sell fresh bread? In European supermarkets that’s the norm. Anything branded (i.e. shelf stable and sold in a plastic bag) is to be treated with suspicion.
  - unclebucknasty 4y ago
    Supermarkets in the U.S. will frequently have a bakery, but they tend to sell other baked goods, such as cakes, pastries, etc. Whatever bread they do sell is generally more "specialty", like baguettes or sourdough. If you're looking for "standard" loaved bread, that's generally relegated to the shelf stable type, of which there is a substantial selection. Some of the shelf stable stuff is better than others WRT ingredients, and it's possible to make relatively decent selections. The cheaper stuff tends to be more awash in garbage ingredients. OTOH, it's also not necessarily the case that the in-store bakery stuff is free of garbage ingredients, to include artificial flavors, etc.
bagacrap 4y ago
I hope one of the ingredients in your pb is salt
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- silon42 4y ago
  Maybe 10:1 ratio of water:isotonic drink is an acceptable idea.