Naked Chicken
Most people in the USA do not know that a major bottled water producer from the USA withdrew all of its bottled water from the UK in March of 2004 because of a high level of the carcinogenic causing chemical called Bromate. The Bromate in the water was reportedly caused by the addition of a contaminated batch of Calcium Chloride added during the ozonisation process while "making" the bottled water. This of course meant that the water in question could not be categorized as natural mineral water, spring water or bottled drinking water under UK regulations controlling bottled water. I share this to explain my foray to Whole Foods in search of a simple glass bottle of plain old drinking water as I am not your sparkling water kind of guy.
All over Europe you can buy water in glass bottles both fizzy and non-fizzy or as the toffs like to call it Sparkling or Natural. The reason for glass bottles? You guessed it the plastic can leach into the water depending upon how old the bottle is from the date of manufacture and how it was stored e.g. exposure to sunlight, temperature, method of transportation, etc. To my surprise none was available in Whole Foods but a very kind associate informed me that I could probably buy what I was looking for in World Market which in fact I did. Why Whole Foods only serve "natural" bottled drinking water in plastic bottles I do not know perhaps it is because consumers are willing to pay a premium for fizzy water? So someone please tell me why should fizzy water drinkers be treated to a safer product in a company that expounds a health conscious image than me? No problem World Market you now have a new customer.
While in Whole Foods I purchased a rotisserie chicken which bore the label "naked chicken". Now as all rotisserie chickens I have ever bought from Walmart were featherless (and either cheaper or larger) I had to ask the question what does the label "naked chicken" really mean? I was informed that it was cooked without additives, seasonings or preservatives. So I asked the informative sales associate do you not think that the label should read "bland chicken"? After all we are searching more and more for truth in advertising as a nation.
While on the topic of drink products did you know that certain soft drink manufacturers add Sodium Benzoate and Ascorbic Acid to their product which if mixed incorrectly can react to create Benzene in the drink? You guessed it another cancer causing agent in humans. No wonder the print on the labels get smaller and smaller each year and the color combination of font to background add to the difficulty in reading the bottles contents. And simple soul that I am here I was merely thinking that yours truly eyesight was simple diminishing because of old age. Now what chemical combinations may I have drunk or eaten over all these years to speed up the cause of my 20/20 vision loss? Well definitely not naked chicken!
All over Europe you can buy water in glass bottles both fizzy and non-fizzy or as the toffs like to call it Sparkling or Natural. The reason for glass bottles? You guessed it the plastic can leach into the water depending upon how old the bottle is from the date of manufacture and how it was stored e.g. exposure to sunlight, temperature, method of transportation, etc. To my surprise none was available in Whole Foods but a very kind associate informed me that I could probably buy what I was looking for in World Market which in fact I did. Why Whole Foods only serve "natural" bottled drinking water in plastic bottles I do not know perhaps it is because consumers are willing to pay a premium for fizzy water? So someone please tell me why should fizzy water drinkers be treated to a safer product in a company that expounds a health conscious image than me? No problem World Market you now have a new customer.
While in Whole Foods I purchased a rotisserie chicken which bore the label "naked chicken". Now as all rotisserie chickens I have ever bought from Walmart were featherless (and either cheaper or larger) I had to ask the question what does the label "naked chicken" really mean? I was informed that it was cooked without additives, seasonings or preservatives. So I asked the informative sales associate do you not think that the label should read "bland chicken"? After all we are searching more and more for truth in advertising as a nation.
While on the topic of drink products did you know that certain soft drink manufacturers add Sodium Benzoate and Ascorbic Acid to their product which if mixed incorrectly can react to create Benzene in the drink? You guessed it another cancer causing agent in humans. No wonder the print on the labels get smaller and smaller each year and the color combination of font to background add to the difficulty in reading the bottles contents. And simple soul that I am here I was merely thinking that yours truly eyesight was simple diminishing because of old age. Now what chemical combinations may I have drunk or eaten over all these years to speed up the cause of my 20/20 vision loss? Well definitely not naked chicken!
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