how to look out and buy food from the stores

Manufactured and parceled food items and eatables come in many forms. Some of them are-

1 ) Some of them come in the form of general eatables which anyone can consume.

2) Some of them come in the form of medicinal eatables like electrolyte  powders    packs ,tonics , tablets, baby milk powders.

As a practice, all the manufacturers list out the contents of the food packages, for the benefit of consumers. for food packages , the ingredients are listed in order and if any extra items are present in the packages, that are listed. These include preservatives, coloring agents, salt contents, vitamins, minerals.

What manufacturers must realize is that food packages are used by educated as well as uneducated consumers. Uneducated consumers just buy the packages by mentioning their names to the shop owners. They do not bother to look in details the contents of packages which they bought.

Educated consumers too buy the packages from shop owners for the first time as an urgent measure depending upon necessity. But during or after purchase, they quickly go through the composition of all the food packages. If they are not satisfied with it, they return the food packaged to the shop owners or place them back in their shelves in the supermarkets. Naturally, that is the best option, instead of wasting money on buying food of unworthy compositions.

If people follow this practice of reading the contents of items before purchasing, then it can send alarm signals to the manufacturers to properly add only the desirable items and avoid using undesirable items during manufacturing process. There are many examples-

1) Sometimes, honey is added to sweet food items like biscuits cakes, chocolates, so on. people do not like to eat honey, although it tastes sweet. This is because honey is derived from the honeybee, which also contains a poisonous sting.

2) Rosewater is mixed and used in some sodas as a flavor. But rosewater can cause depression o f the nervous system, reduced kidney functions, constipation. so people its presence is not listed on the label of soda bottle brands like Canada dry, manufactured by the company, McDermott& schwippe    .Only the strong odor of rosewater upon opening the bottle will reveal its presence.

3) When chocolates containing cocoa are manufactured, only cocoa alone and no many other ingredients must be used. but manufacturers add many other things like butter, peanuts, to the cocoa powder paste to add weight to the final product. This amounts to cheating the general public.

4 ) Some electrolyte powders available in medical stores contain the composition- sodium and potassium chlorides, sodium citrate,. These are present in raw powdered form. In that form they and temporarily affect the kidneys, when   consumed. the customers must be aware of this fact before buying this medicine.

Manufacturers in the medical industry take great care to list all the ingredients in their products. but the same thing cannot be said to hundred percent perfection about the general food products industry.

Consumers must be aware of all the good constituents of the food which they desire and have a look out for them while purchasing the items from supermarkets. They are free to make their own choices and nobody can or should force them to buy the items, unwillingly.