Gone are the days of daily morning milk and egg deliveries, specialty food stores on every block, and farmer’s markets being the norm. Whether we like to admit it or not, we live in an age of processed foods, large multi-chain supermarkets with less than fresh produce, and dozens of unpronounceable ingredients making up one flavor in our multi-flavor, multi-colored foods.

With a seemingly never-ending list of ingredients, most people pick up their familiar and favorite food item without even reading, let alone understanding, all that is listed. To help us understand exactly what is in our foods, here are excerpts of an article sent to me, titled “Ten Quirky Facts About Mass Produced Food.” Bon appetit!
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