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Not On The Label
What Really Goes Into The Food On Your Plate |
By Felicity Lawrence
This book is a real shocker!
Once you've read it, there's no turning back. It's not for the faint-hearted!
Felicity Lawrence is a journalist, used to uncovering dirty secrets and making a story out of them. However, for this book, the dirt was far from secret and the story was already there.
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In "Not On The Label" she uncovers the truth behind our food industry.
The book covers topics including:
- Ready-bagged salad is washed in chlorine 20 times stronger than that of a swimming pool, before being sealed in a bag full of chemicals. This means the salad still looks great, long after the nutritional value has gone.
- Organic chicken often goes through the same processing plants as non-organic chicken, meaning it can be contaminated with the same bacteria.
- A frightening amount of the UK's food is wasted, because it doesn't meet the cosmetic standards of the supermarkets.
- The impact of food-miles on our shopping. Aside from environmental concerns, as oil prices soar, air-freighting so much of our food will cease to make economic sense.
- How much of our fruit and vegetables are packaged by illegal immigrants, paid slave-labour wages and intimidated by mafia-style gangster bosses.
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It's thoroughly researched, easy-to-read and you can dip in and out of it, depending which type of food you're interested in.
But beware! "Not On The Label" could change the way you eat...
Reviewed by Clare
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