Not many, not all.

I'm more likely to read the ingredients in a pre-cooked ready-meal; but so far have seen nothing really to worry about.

Though the exercise has shown how the "own-brand" cereals and sauces sold in the likes odf Aldi and Lidl, contain a lot less sugar and salt than their "big name" equivalents on the same shelves.

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The use of "E-numbers" seems to have stopped, but I don't know if that's because the UK repealed the need after leaving the Europen Union that created the E system; or if the food manufacturers dropped them in responding to customers' fears and wants.


The E-number scheme is valid to a point, but unfortunately leaves finding the numbered ingredient's identity to the customer. Easy if you have ready access to reputable on-line information, from which you might print a ready-reference list to keep in the kitchen or carry with you (or as a simple text-document on your 'phone?). Unfortunately though, I suspect many people prefer ignorance and fear to taking a little bit of trouble.


A few E-numbers are for artificial flavours and colours of little need and questionable safety, especially when over-used to make some beverages and sweets particularly attractive to children; but most are intrinsically harmless unless perhaps added to excess.

These "normal" E-numbered ones include:
sodium bicarbonate (raising agent),
calcium carbonate (natural rock mineral used as flour anti-caking agent),
monosodium glutamate (natural thickener from some plants and meat. Might upset vegans), vegetable-derived colours, citric acid (e.g. from lemon juice) and acetic acid (vinegar),
sodium chloride (normal table salt),
sucrose (table sugar from sugar-beet or sugar-cane. Also, fructose is fruit sugar, glucose the sugar our bodies normally make as fuel internally, anyway).

I don't have their E-numbers because I have not needed find an E-number table since the packets started listing the ingredients by name instead.

I became a label reader when mom was diagnosed with cancer . Used to dislike people that did that always seemed to be in the way . I try to stay out of peoples way when reading labels . Still do these days , just look for the ones with less crap in them . Usually store brand has less bad ingredients . 😸

Most of them.

i used to always read them

All of them. Xylitol is not allowed in my house on the off chance my dog gets into my food.

Definitely everything that is blended. Spreads, pesto, sauces, mayo-based salads... Some sweets, especially those that are more expensive.

Almost everything that I buy

All of them. I like my food without toxins and in its natural state as close as possible. I don't just read labels, I do detective work on the origins of the food and how it was grown/raised.

Anything new, I am careful of added sugars,grains, and wheat ingredients.

New ones... I need to know that they won't kill me.

Chocolate

Almost every food.

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If they sell it at the grocers, than majority of the time its fit for human consumption.

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Most of what i buy is meat; fish and fresh vegetables.

Being diabetic i can get into trouble pretty quick once you get into store bought processed stuff and sauces are a nightmare.

All of them. I'm a diabetic, and I need a nutrition chart for everything. Specifically, total carbohydrates minus dietary fiber and erythritol.

Everything, unless it is something that I buy on a regular basis.

Most
I have nut allergy

Friit cocktail with extra cherry sounds good but is not

Milk, Granola bars, pizza. Everything else is what it is naturally.

None of them

Simple carbohydrates.

All of the ones with a label. I don't know what is in fresh veg and fruit. People in my house have allergies. (And doing the shopping is one of them 😑) And I filter out anything that has Aspartame in it.

Anything I don't already know...

Most. It would have to be very basic to not read it for me. Salt is salt. Sugar is sugar.

Anything that comes in a box.

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