The consumer magazine Eco-test examined for the February Issue 25 vegetarian spreads.
receive With a single exception, all vegetarian spreads of ECO-TEST, the test of "very good" or "good". The Frankfurt-based consumer magazine criticized in some spreads, however, disguised as a flavor enhancer yeast extract.
And in the March issue then the vegetarian convenience foods your turn:
At least five products was a "very good" or "good", but there are also "poor "and" inadequate " vegetarian convenience products. In the latter products were the testers found, among other things, the heavy metal cadmium or fatty contaminants. Further criticism of it for glutamate containing additives, which put out "eco-test" in about two-thirds of the meals. The additives act as a flavor enhancer, and also stimulate the appetite of. The glutamate is this mostly invisible to many consumers is introduced as a component of yeast extract or flavor in the finished product.
The flavor enhancers are highly controversial because sensitive people may react with headache, temporal pressure or a stiff neck. "Öko-Test" objected products especially advertise with which the manufacturer with the words "without flavor enhancers", which is then related but additives such as yeast extract or flavoring. Jürgen Stellpflug of "eco-test" explains: "They may indeed, because it is dealing with these ingredients that are not legally defined as a food flavor enhancer. But which consumer knows the intricacies? "Even flavors are often found in the vegetarian finished products. They are found, according to the testers in more than half of the products. Sun tasted a pasta dish "Cucina rocket and mushroom tagliatelle" firmly to mushrooms, even though the manufacturer only a few mushrooms in the court has processed.
But there is some good news: In the vegetarian convenience food but puts a lot of salt, but not nearly as much as in ready meals with meat. The number of calories in the vegetarian dishes significantly lower. Some of the dishes could be tested even shine with a whole lot of vegetables.
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I find the flavor enhancer issue is overrated, there are only a few, which react with the China syndrome, and that n yeast extract is also a flavor enhancer, but in the meantime should really know at all. Particularly silly can I find the following criticism: Critical
we also find pictures that show the court on the package clearly anspechender as it actually looks on the plate. This is quite often, but only led to the devaluation, when the difference was serious from our point of view. Approximately at the Fine Cooking Penne with spicy tomato and mozzarella sauce from Aldi Nord. Here one would expect based on photo and product names easy pasta meal with tomato sauce and Mozzarellastückchen - but a crowd came out with browned cheese.
sees When ever was as good as advertised?
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