Bens Blog

Yesterday I had a surprise once again while I was feeding our 9 months old sun "Risk Rusks". These are little rice crackers a baby can eat. I thought I did something good by buying organic and Presidents Choice is usually a decent brand but whenever I looked at the ingredients I saw the label "Made in China". Why on earth do we have to ship our baby food all the way from China? I guess I have to look for another brand for Risk Rusks now...

Since I moved to Canada back in March I have started to realize how many products are actually made in China. Back in Germany you could also buy lots of stuff from China but you mostly had the choice between German or Europe products and Chinese products. When I went to Food Basics in Oakville a couple weeks ago to get some apples I stood in front of a huge tray of Chinese apples! Aren't there enough apples in Ontario, Canada or the US? Even Mexico would probably be closer than China. Another day my wife bought Del Monte fruit cups in the grocery store. I checked the label when I was going to eat it and i decided to leave it in the fridge. First of all it is 'Made in China' (again I guess no other country in this world has fruit) and second it contains artificial flavor. How bad must the fruit inside be that you need artificial flavor (and does anybody in China controls how it is made)? For my part I'll check the labels more closely whenever I buy any kind of product...