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Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid

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Caleo Sat 06-Sept-25 11:46:06

Article in this morning's Guardian. I asked ChatGPT for ingredients in certain Tesco drinks, and comparative prices, and this was a great help with my shopping choices. Especially as I can't usually read ingredients on the bottles and cans.

PamelaJ1 Sat 06-Sept-25 15:42:14

Do you have a sight problem Caleo?
I have a feeling that most mass produced drinks have something in them that isn’t good for us. Let us know if I’m wrong.

Caleo Sat 06-Sept-25 20:00:03

PamelaJ1

Do you have a sight problem Caleo?
I have a feeling that most mass produced drinks have something in them that isn’t good for us. Let us know if I’m wrong.

Quite few of them are okay; San Pellegrino is a good one sold by Tesco. Chat recommended another cheaper one. I have ordered them both for next week's order.

I could not possibly have researched all ingredients and price comparisons and Chat was a great help.

PamelaJ1 Sun 07-Sept-25 07:09:24

Thanks but I have a soda stream, if I want sparkling water I use that. Much cheaper and no plastic bottles. Hopeful there aren’t any nasties in that.

PoliticsNerd Sun 07-Sept-25 07:32:12

Thanks for this "PamelaJ1". Manufactured foods are a real issue and, I find, the "free from" versions are even worse. I spent the week before last being "lactosed" and last week recovering and that was because I missed the ingredient. My fault. I put the ingredient in my mouth. But it becomes evermore difficult to know.

Do you have a link for the article Caleo? I hadn't thought of getting AI to double-check ingredients.

keepingquiet Sun 07-Sept-25 08:12:33

Carbonated drinks are not good for your teeth and bones regardless of whether they have sugar in them.

dragonfly46 Sun 07-Sept-25 10:56:45

keepingquiet

Carbonated drinks are not good for your teeth and bones regardless of whether they have sugar in them.

How can carbonated water be bad for your teeth and bones? Often as in Harrogate water it comes from a spring with many good minerals. We also have a Sodastream, however.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 07-Sept-25 11:35:50

There is an App called Yuka if yoi have a smart phone you hold the camerasover the products barcode and it will tell you what’s in it.

Works for cosmetics also.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 07-Sept-25 11:36:48

you not yoi

camera over not camerasover

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keepingquiet Sun 07-Sept-25 14:36:22

dragonfly46

keepingquiet

Carbonated drinks are not good for your teeth and bones regardless of whether they have sugar in them.

How can carbonated water be bad for your teeth and bones? Often as in Harrogate water it comes from a spring with many good minerals. We also have a Sodastream, however.

I was wrong according to the robots. It is the phosporus in cola that rots your teeth.

Non- sugary fizzy drinks aren't harmful if you believe the robots.

PoliticsNerd Sun 07-Sept-25 14:50:49

GrannyGravy13

There is an App called Yuka if yoi have a smart phone you hold the camerasover the products barcode and it will tell you what’s in it.

Works for cosmetics also.

Thank you GrannyGravy13.