Comments on: That Dirty Quaker

By: foodcents

foodcents — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:20:51 +0000

I am absolutely a label hawk. We have to be our own food advocates, for reasons like you stated (No Trans Fat, but really there is some). I read the ingredient list first, then the nutritional stats, including serving size.

Quacks are on crack!!!

By: luckytastebuds

luckytastebuds — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:33 +0000

I agree totally with the quaker rice cakes, but I figured that these snacks are probably better than 99% of all the other snacks out there. *sigh* There are just too many ways to define “health” food now…Thanks for bringing the topic up!!

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:34:51 +0000

Hey there! I most definitely am an ingredient hawk. I always feel kind of self conscious in the grocery store – I don’t want to be one of “those” people. Then I remind myself that its my health and its TOTALLY worth it.

I find it alarming how hard it can be at times to avoid hfcs and trans fats. It definitely should be the other way around.

By: ksgoodeats

ksgoodeats — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:41:14 +0000

That tofu salad sounds REALLY good – Heat is On PB? Yes, please! I’m not an ingredient hawk at all! However, I don’t like those Quaker things because it’s like eating air. So unfulfilling!

By: marathonmaiden

marathonmaiden — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:15:09 +0000

i don’t really look at ingredients. only if i’m trying out a new product. i trust the brand i eat (on the whole) and figure that i’m eating whole and unprocessed foods for the most part so anything else isn’t going to harm me

By: Jessie (Vegan-minded)

Jessie (Vegan-minded) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:40:16 +0000

Yum, that platter of hummus chips, chick peas, and tofu salad looks like the perfect meal! So full of protein too! I am definitely an ingredient hawk but mostly because I am checking for non-vegan ingredients. I know there are many people out there that don’t understand how to read a nutrition label and it makes me very sad. We should all be able to know what we are putting in our bodies, especially if we are the ones purchasing the food!

By: Ruthiey

Ruthiey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:06:07 +0000

I LOVE the bengal spice! And I like that it’s decaf, too.

Love your blog.

By: Astra Libris

Astra Libris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:55:20 +0000

I love the term “ingredients hawk” – I’m definitely one! I have to read the ingredients on EVERYTHING – I feel it’s SO important to know exactly what one is putting into one’s body, and chose carefully and wiselyl! Thank you for promoting these ideals on your blog! I always love reading about your scrumptious healthful treats!

40% of the daily iron requirements in one bar!? WAY cool!!!

and OMG, hummus chips!!?? Where have these been my whole life?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:50:05 +0000

I am definitely an ingredient reader. I am a Nutrition Manager and I am constantly making meal plans for clients and I NEED to know what is in the products I am reccomending!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:15:31 +0000

Argh– I hate it when you find partially hydrogenated oils in “trans fat free” foods.

I also stopped buying those cocoa nuts after seing the sucralose in them…sucks, because I really liked them!