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Questions about food.
- When fruit is fresh, ripe, perfectly shaped and remains fresh for longer, is it modified in any way, or just grown really well?
- How do you know when food is processed? For example, is Subway chicken processed? It looks like cooked chicken, but I can't be sure. - Why are fruit and veg so expensive? I know it's cheaper in placed like Aldi or at markets, but I just paid £3 for a small punnet of grapes and £2 for a punnet of strawberries (usually £3). I though fruit and veg was tax free? |
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- When fruit is fresh, ripe, perfectly shaped and remains fresh for longer, is it modified in any way, or just grown really well?
- How do you know when food is processed? For example, is Subway chicken processed? It looks like cooked chicken, but I can't be sure. - Why are fruit and veg so expensive? I know it's cheaper in placed like Aldi or at markets, but I just paid £3 for a small punnet of grapes and £2 for a punnet of strawberries (usually £3). I though fruit and veg was tax free? |
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- When fruit is fresh, ripe, perfectly shaped and remains fresh for longer, is it modified in any way, or just grown really well?
- How do you know when food is processed? For example, is Subway chicken processed? It looks like cooked chicken, but I can't be sure. - Why are fruit and veg so expensive? I know it's cheaper in placed like Aldi or at markets, but I just paid £3 for a small punnet of grapes and £2 for a punnet of strawberries (usually £3). I though fruit and veg was tax free? Supermarkets also reject any strange shaped fodd because they believe that customers won't buy it if it doesn't look perfect. This goes for organic food too. |
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Its the transport costs that hike prices up. To give you an idea, the most efficient Euro5 articulated trucks (like the ones that deliver to supermarkets) can only do 9mpg at most, and many fleets still run Euro4's which do even less (around 7mpg). Look at the cost of fuel these days. Then you've got the highly skilled driver to pay as well.
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I have to admit, I always look at the fruit and veg before I buy it, and I go for the better shaped one. We're so vain, even with food!
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Then the supermarkets are right
![]() I don't look at shape, I only look for bruising etc. Supermarket fruit, I think, needs a week sitting in the kitchen before it's ready to eat, it's always so under ripe. |
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- When fruit is fresh, ripe, perfectly shaped and remains fresh for longer, is it modified in any way, or just grown really well?
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- How do you know when food is processed? For example, is Subway chicken processed? It looks like cooked chicken, but I can't be sure.
you look at it. are the fibres still intact or have they been mashed.Quote:
- Why are fruit and veg so expensive? I know it's cheaper in placed like Aldi or at markets, but I just paid £3 for a small punnet of grapes and £2 for a punnet of strawberries (usually £3). I though fruit and veg was tax free?
depends where you get them from. i swear even abel cole dont charge that for grapes. i will check now.generally though, always check the produce for texture before you buy. remember if you cant smell it in the shop thats how it tastes
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depends where you get them from. i swear even abel cole dont charge that for grapes. i will check now.
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Some fruit goes down a processing line and is photographed, anything that isn't the right size and colour, or has blemishes is rejected.
That's why you get four equally sized apples in one pack that all look the same, it's simply not possible to grow fruit and veg to look consistent. For this standardisation and consistency you pay through the nose |
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