"This product contains a Bioengineered ingredient" - and other weird shit in food type discussion I guess

[Agent Abe Caprine]

If I had the facilities and moneyto make my own cheese I would probably try it out honestly but I gotta agree normal cheese is better than cheese flavored stuff in general. Small exceptions apply in terms of taste but I haven't run into said exceptions in way fucking over a decade and pretty much every fake cheese is shit.

You have toenails full of perfectly good cheese.

 

[The Lawgiver]

You have toenails full of perfectly good cheese.

Never had toe cheese in my life lmao.

In other news I just actually saw a food label for the first time that actually had the fucking fine print variant on it that's hardly noticeable. Pepperidge farm burger buns. I point this out not because of me thinking it's shady in terms of lacement but because it actually makes sense having the text be tiny on this label. Why? Because they actually have on the disclaimer a whole fucking sentence after the bold text saying the soy beans and wheat used is GMO variant which I'm guessing is more than likely another case of the "suppliers patenting genes and stuffing em in the seeds" type shit given thats usually the case with GMO crops. I'm guessing that's the "genetically modified ingredient" thats vaguely mentioned in a bunch of bread or wheat products I'm seeing post-rona world. Bill gates theory may have some credence or at least some other company thats buying up the supply chain right now cause IIRC there were a few. If milk companies are legally obligated to put the "milk is no different in quality than the ones where cows are eating shitty and getting injected with hormones" shit on their milk why the fuck is the genetically modified ingredient not required to be listed? Shit sucks.

mmmmmmmmm chemicals yummy

Unironically how I feel when consuming certain "artificial flavors" honestly.

 

[Aunt Carol]

If milk companies are legally obligated to put the "milk is no different in quality than the ones where cows are eating shitty and getting injected with hormones" shit on their milk why the fuck is the genetically modified ingredient not required to be listed? Shit sucks.

They're only legally required to put the "but rBST is fine and great" disclaimer on the label if they want to be allowed to brag about not using rBST. They're not required to disclose use of rBST at all.

If a dairy wanted to, they could sell non-rBST milk without labeling it as non-rBST milk, and then they wouldn't have to put the disclaimer that "we're so silly why are we bragging about non-rBST when the USDA says it's fine."

 

[Rei is shit]

Another fun one to watch out for;

 

[Aunt Carol]

Another fun one to watch out for;
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It says "powered by crickets" in that blue circle, so although they're not as cheerfully blatant about it as Chirps, it is on the front label. The back has it bolded in the blurb, and like you see in the crop, they added "crickets" to the allergen warning.

It is small enough that drunks or grandmas might buy unknowingly, but the cropped image is a bit disingenuous.

 

[Lichen Bark]

Never had toe cheese in my life lmao.

In other news I just actually saw a food label for the first time that actually had the fucking fine print variant on it that's hardly noticeable. Pepperidge farm burger buns. I point this out not because of me thinking it's shady in terms of lacement but because it actually makes sense having the text be tiny on this label. Why? Because they actually have on the disclaimer a whole fucking sentence after the bold text saying the soy beans and wheat used is GMO variant which I'm guessing is more than likely another case of the "suppliers patenting genes and stuffing em in the seeds" type shit given thats usually the case with GMO crops. I'm guessing that's the "genetically modified ingredient" thats vaguely mentioned in a bunch of bread or wheat products I'm seeing post-rona world. Bill gates theory may have some credence or at least some other company thats buying up the supply chain right now cause IIRC there were a few. If milk companies are legally obligated to put the "milk is no different in quality than the ones where cows are eating shitty and getting injected with hormones" shit on their milk why the fuck is the genetically modified ingredient not required to be listed? Shit sucks.


Unironically how I feel when consuming certain "artificial flavors" honestly.

Wheat, corn, soybeans, canola, even sweet corn now come in "Roundup Ready" versions. They are genetically modified to be resistant to different herbicides. Basically everything you eat (in USA) if its not organic probably contains GMOs, because many products have some derivative of corn, wheat, soy, canola in it. I think what bothers me more, isnt that the corn is franken-corn, but it allows the crop to be sprayed with all manner of engineered compounds that kill everything else. MMMMmmmm MMMMmmmm I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. But im assured by these benevolent companies like Bayer, Monsanto, Pioneer that all these things have been "rigourously" tested and won't give people cancer at all. What's that they banned the use of some of these things in other parts of the world? hmmmmm. On top of this beef, chickens, pigs all end up eating this liberally sprayed food on their way to the supermarket.

You can drive yourself crazy thinking about this however, its probably best to take this as energy to grow a little food yourself, to balance out the other stuff you eat.

 

[Goyslop Muncher]

I noticed this warning a week ago on the back of my jar of Hellman's mayo after I saw someone post an image of the warning on the fediverse. I threw it away and went to the grocery store to check out the other brands. Surprisingly Hellman's was the only brand that had that warning. I bought the expensive glass jar that specifically said no GMO.
Out of curiosity I browsed around looking at everything that I thought would have corn or soy. To my surprise all Campbell's soups have the warning, except for the Well Yes! line of soups, which advertises non GMO.
I think it's safe to assume that even if the warning isn't there, if the product is not organic or specifically states non GMO, then it probably is using GMO if it contains corn, soy, or sugar in any form.

So what's the deal with GMO anyways? Are we all going to have accelerated cancer growth? Drop men's testosterone levels even further? Turn everyone into a tranny? Probably.

 

[The Lawgiver]

So what's the deal with GMO anyways? Are we all going to have accelerated cancer growth? Drop men's testosterone levels even further? Turn everyone into a tranny? Probably.

IIRC The potential issues are like abnormal allergic reactions to shit you wouldn't normally have allergic reactions to and some other shit (maybe cancer?) caused by GMO stuff being somewhat unstable compared to traditional shit. I've noticed the GMO label is pretty much unavoidable right now on brands I previously had at this point so I basically got no choice but to risk potential weird side effects or mystery sickness if there is a fucking allergic reaction because whatever supplier the food companies are using decided it wanted to fucking patent it's corn and wheat by adding a fucking gene to it (which is apparently what most of the GMO shit is if I remember this correctly)

The taste of these things that got changed IS slightly shittier, but I don't think it's something that's just tied to it being GMO, though the swap to GMO shit could definitely potentially alter or ruin the taste of something given it's literally genetically different from the normal non GMO variant of the ingredients. Could also be partly my feeling like shit in general but it really does seem like it's a bit more than that in the case of this food situation. I do kinda find it weird how my whole life I haven't been that hairy of a guy but after like 2 years of lockdown I've got thick ass arm and leg hair and I look like a diseased hobo monkey man if I don't shave my fucking face for even a day. Not sure if GMO related but it's fucking annoying either way.