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American Things My European Mind Can't Comprehend...

2600 calories in one drink! And 4.5 g of salt... (that's right folks,1770 mg of Sodium means >4500 mg of salt)😐

More than my daily calorie intake...
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That's like 2 days worth of calories , And a weeks worth of sugar !
Shit 👀
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@OogieBoogie These overdoses are deliberate, to make such foods addictive.

You used to hear complaints that the "own-brand" or own-contract foods available in some supermarkets were somehow of "lower-quality" to the long-established "big name" brands, simply for a slightly different taste. The truth is that the own-brands have considerably less sugar and salt than the Big-Name makers add to enhance their products' sweetness and flavour artificially, to boost sales.
@ArishMell these types of food should come with large red tag warnings like cigarettes do.

Its poor man's cocaine.
It's poison.
Delicious poison ....but so is any drug that gives you a high
This is inflammation in a cup .☹️
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@OogieBoogie Indeed! They do at least have to list the ingredients and those values, but in the end it it is still for us to judge for ourselves what we buy and how often.

I have a sweet tooth so do like desserts probably similar to that Oreo but I do try to limit them, and to eat a vaguely-sensible diet.