The nutritional information on the side of the box listed the serving size (1 box), the calories (130), the dietary fiber (2g), and one ingredient: raisins. I need to both cut out junk snacks and increase my fruit and vegetable intake, so I decide to get some. I'm trying to eat healthier, so I buy 2 packages of 8 single-serve boxes to bring to work for snacks. I'm trying to shop more frugally, so I buy the generic - like I do 98 out of 100 items. Like I did when I bought a big box of raisins a few months ago at a different grocery chain.
At home, I put the boxes on the top shelf of the pantry - these are for me, and I don't want them disappearing. I take down 2 boxes and put them in my lunch bag for a morning and an afternoon snack. About 10 this morning, I open one and dump some of the contents into my hand. Beautiful, dark, plump raisins look back at me. Feeling good about my nutritional and fiscal choices, I pop them into my mouth and chew.
BLECH! Gag. What the ?!?!?!?
How on earth can a food with a single, natural-grown, unmodified ingredient go that horribly, disgustingly wrong? How could anyone with a modicum of sense, even generic food packagers, screw up the taste of RAISINS?
Tonight, the raisins get moved down to a shelf where the kids can see them and help me eat them. And my "don't buy generic if you are shopping at R" list gets one item longer.
1 comment:
I never eat raisins. Raisins are bad for you. They make your elbows swell. [firm nod]
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