Sour Cream. Simple enough. You take some milk/cream, enzymes, and active cultures, mix is all together and viola! Sour Cream! Not hard. Quite simple. That is what the label off of Cascade Fresh Natural Sour Cream.
Here, on the other hand, is the ingredient list from the Walmart "cheaper" brand of Great Value Sour Cream...Ingredients: Cultured Milk, Cream, Whey, Modified Cornstarch, Sodium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Carob Bean Gum, Postassium Sorbate (Preserves Freshness). Allergy Warning: Contains Milk. So now we went from 3 ingredients, all natural to 9 just to save a few cents...literally about 49 cents. Now for that cost there is a modified corn product in there, multiple gums, and some other stuff. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SCARED BY THIS?
I highly suggest watching 2 documentaries; King Corn and Food Inc. I thought I had read a lot and learned a lot, but these films opened my eyes even more. After watching Food Inc. I really was sad that food is killing us...literally. Why can't companies just make things the old way, the right way, the way that is simple and natural. There are some, and unfortunately they cost more. But for health's sake, is 49 cents more for this and 60 cents more for that really worth it to live longer, be healthier. I say yes. It sure is a lot less than health problems that can and probably will arise in the future! Love yourself. Love your body! Be fat. Be thin. Be average. Be buff. It does not really matter, but be whatever it is you are the best way you can. Don't be it with all the extra shit that will chemically make your food cheaper for you, preserve you, and ultimately kill you. Read the labels. Make adjustments. Change products. Cut out bad ones. Live better. Live longer.
