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At first I thought this was a shrinkflation thing. But the grocery’s internal notes in the product attribute the change to the FDA ruling sesame a major food a
by bredren 4y ago
At first I thought this was a shrinkflation thing.
But the grocery’s internal notes in the product attribute the change to the FDA ruling sesame a major food allergen.
Anyone allergic to sesame?
Here’s a direct link to FDA’s announcement, which includes mention of the January 1st, 2023 new product labeling requirement.
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/allergic-sesame-food-labels-now-must-list-sesame-allergen https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/allergic-sesa...
The 9 major allergens are now: milk, eggs, fish, such as bass, flounder, cod, Crustacean shellfish, such as crab, lobster, shrimp
tree nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pecans
peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame
- Tangurena2 4y agoIn some places, it is shrinkflation. At Walmart, the baked-in-the-store bread with sesame seeds on top runs $1.78. Without the seeds, $1.48. February of 2022, both loaves cost $1.00.
- thewebcount 4y ago> Anyone allergic to sesame? I am. I'm lucky in that I'm not anaphylactic to it, but it causes me other problems. I was able to eat sesame for decades, then one day, after having a bunch of other issues, I went to the doctor and they tested me for a bunch of stuff and a bunch of stuff I could previously eat without issue, I'm now allergic to. It really sucks, though it's better than if it caused anaphylaxis.
- jimmygrapes 4y agoFYI this reads like you were fine with sesame until you went to the doctor for something else, and you came away with an allergy to sesame. Maybe that's what you meant, but that would be even scarier to me than "I discovered I had developed an allergy to sesame as a consequence of other issues"!
- Spivak 4y agoOne of my good friends has a sesame allergy and this law has backfired spectacularly for her. She basically can't buy bread now because at our local Kroger every brand has started purposely adding sesame to all their stuff so they can declare it as an ingredient and avoid having to deal with cross-contamination. So now bread that was previously in practice (but not theoretically) safe for her to eat is being made specifically unsafe.
- burnished 4y agoWhy is that?
- Spivak 4y agoIt's cheaper to add it as an ingredient than to meet the standards for cross-contamination.
- acomjean 4y agoMy partner is allergic to gluten. But it's an allergy not celiac. A lot of products without gluten are labeled as manufactured at a facility that may process gluten or some such to avoid liability. Adding sesame as an ingredient just seems spiteful.
- ChadNauseam 4y agoIt’s not spiteful, it’s profit maximizing. Being labeled as “processed in a factory that may process sesame” doesn’t remove your liability under the new law. It either has sesame as an ingredient or it doesn’t, and if it doesn’t it must not contain sesame.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoI wouldn't say "spiteful", as the OP, but it's certainly selfish and antisocial. Those companies simply choose to maximise their profits at the expense of a minority of their clients, for whom they obviously don't give a shit. Note that we're talking about companies big enough to have factories where they make several different kinds of food item. So those are the same people who happily sell over-processed food with excess quantities of salt, sugar and fat. Not only do they not give a shit about the minority of their customers with allergies, they don't give a shit about the majority of their customers, either. They just want to sell shit and make $$$!!! This legislation backfired because people are assholes and put their profits above everything else, not because regulators are idiots who can't foresee the consequences of their decisions.
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- lovecg 4y agoI’ve had some experience with it in a close relative. Interestingly enough, the whole seeds are usually fine as you don’t digest them, the protein in question is inside the seed (unless you go out of your way to chew them). Most sesame oils are also fine. It’s the pastes that are dangerous (some desserts, hummus, sauces).
- bredren 4y agoThat’s funny because it is unusual to actually crush a sesame seed. I either have to position and bite down on one between my canines or they may break up when they get stuck between teeth or in course of unsticking them. Sesame seeds are never that satisfying to eat, but they do add texture to the bun.
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- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoWhat's such as bass?
- gavanm 4y agoBass is a high level name for a some species of fish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_(fish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_(fish)
- JohnFen 4y ago> Anyone allergic to sesame? I have a niece who is crazy allergic to sesame. She'll have a serious reaction to even very tiny amounts.