Do you look at the ingredients of products you buy and does it influence your shopping decisions?

Nebulous2

Mnoee said:

Ectophile said:

TripleH said:

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Yeap, Twiglets now have palm oil in them so won't be buying those any more, I only buy chocolate that doesn't have palm oil in it as well.

I also don't want to eat anything with sweetener in it, I'd rather have the sugar and just eat less. Sweetener is excessively sweet, whilst it may not make you fat, your brain still has a similar stimulation resulting in it becoming accustomed to a heightened level of sweetness.

Aim is to eventually stop eating anything with oil in it but that pretty much means not eating anything processed, which won't be a bad thing.

I'm the same with peanut butter. I have no issue having to mix the oil in with the nuts to avoid palm oil.

That tends to mean either the expensive 100% peanut butter, or the really cheap stuff for which even palm oil is too expensive.

Sainsburys do a 100% peanut butter that's £1.80 for 340g - so more than the basics/aldi price match, but still less than any of the branded ones, most of which have oil. Quick check shows the same at Asda, not seeing one in Tesco! 

While everything else seems to be shrinking, peanut butter seems to be available in bigger sizes than ever. I've been buying it in 1kg tubs from Lidl, with peanuts being the only ingredient. You do have to stir it quite a bit. 

oldagetraveller1

Nope, couldn't care less.

I hope there's a warning on the label - "May contain nuts".

I'll get my coat.