What Are You Ingesting?
Some things should be simple. Like lying down on your bed to sleep after a long tiring day. Like peeling down a riped banana? Or licking a coated spoonful of your favourite iced cream at the peak of scorching summer. Right? Well, I am not so sure anymore.
The tub of butter I picked up the other day read:
Ingredients: Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Palm, Sunflower in Varying Proportions), Water, Salt (1.4%), Emulsifiers (Sunflower Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Acid (Citric Acid), Flavourings, Colours (Carotenes), Vitamins (A, D).
I was unsure if this was what I really wanted, so I dropped it for a more prominent brand known for its praises. It read:
Ingredients: Vegetable Oils in varying proportions (39%) (Rapeseed, Palm, Sunflower), Water, Olive Oil (21%), Salt (1.1%), Buttermilk (Milk), Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Flavouring, Vitamins A and D, Colour (Carotenes).
Butter is made out of Churned milk. Knowing this fact doesn’t demand a degree in Animal farming. Therefore, the ingredients in butter shouldn’t be this complicated. Why do I need added vitamins and flavouring in my butter?
