This is a BUYER BE WARE post.
Either they are hoping you won't notice or you won't care. I was shocked to see the date code on this bottle of juice. Take a close look.
Here's a better photo of the date code.
We've been buying this brand of apple juice for about four years. Our children drink it almost everyday. While Lucky Leaf is a trusted household name (and has been since 1949) they also happen to have the lowest price point when compared to similarly labeled juice products. This bottle is "100% apple juice from concentrate and fresh apples" and was accidentally selected off of our grocery store shelf. My wife normally buys the Lucky Leaf "Premium 100% apple juice not from concentrate".
The US stopped importing meat from China. Already this year pets all over our country were killed by a poisonous ingredient from China. Warnings about antibiotics in farm raised seafood from China made national headlines this year. Not to mention the millions of toys MATTELL has just recalled; some for lead paint! Then I read on this bottle of 100% apple juice, "JUICE FROM CHINA."
You would think a brand like Lucky Leaf from a company like Knouse Foods would care more about it's customers. Prior to this discovery I was happy to vote with my "juice dollars" and buy 100% apple juice from a local company. Afterall, my wife grew up in Biglerville where Knouse has operated a facility since 1984.
I don't trust communism, communists, or products from their countries. I am beginning to distrust many household American companies that I have grown up with. It is sad that Knouse Foods has stooped to slapping their valuable brand name on crap from China. I am going to suggest to my wife that she not purchase from any juice company that imports ingredients, fruit or concentrate from China.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Lucky Leaf 100% Apple Juice from China?
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China is a dictatorship or an oligarchy, NOT a communist country. They may call themselves that, but that doesn't make it true.
I try not to buy anything from China, but that has become impossible. If you feed any food that contains added vitamins or minerals, there is a better than 80% chance those nutritional supplements came from China. That country is in big trouble, and our demand for vast quantities of cheap crap is going to come back to haunt us, and probably not too far in the future. The Chinese people are dying from the effects of pollution and their environment is being destroyed by the massive increase in manufacturing and fossil energy use, in order to satisfy the insatiable US consumer.
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