10 Foods To Avoid In The Supermarket

Supermarkets! What would we do without them? These shops with a plastic basket at the entrance provide all of us with a wonderful opportunity to calmly choose and examine products

Supermarkets! What would we do without them? These shops with a plastic basket at the entrance provide all of us with a wonderful opportunity to calmly choose and examine products, which means that you can no longer be handed something rotten or expired against your will. Everything is so, but with a slight correction: in the assortment of supermarkets there are goods that, in principle, are better not to take, even if the expiration date is in perfect order. 

We have compiled for you the top 10 products that are best avoided in the supermarket. The logic is simple: forewarned is forearmed. And to follow our advice or not is a personal matter for everyone.

 

1. Packaged green salad

Surprisingly, it is he, according to bacteriologists, the most dangerous product in the supermarket. It turns out that harmful bacteria live on lettuce leaves, which can be eliminated by dousing the product with boiling water or rinsing it under running water for a long time. But it says “ready to eat” on the packaging, and as a result, most buyers immediately after unpacking eat the salad without rinsing it with water.

 

2. Mayonnaise

In the view of many, mayonnaise has become a "carrier" of extra pounds. In fact, this is a good French sauce, at least not worse and not much more high-calorie than many others. But! In this case, mayonnaise should be prepared at home (for example, according to this recipe) from products without stabilizers, preservatives and complex fats, which, unfortunately, are abundant in store-bought sauces packaged in bright packages.  

 

3. Sausages

Bad news for smoked meat lovers, but a fact is a fact. The fact is that for the manufacture of sausages, bacon and other meat products, nitrins are used, which in turn form nitrosamines in the intestines. And just this group of substances is one of the strongest carcinogens. Smoked sausages also contain benziprene, it is also a carcinogen, but also a mutagen. If this doesn’t mean anything to you, just know that store-bought smoked meats are evil. And if the soul asks for something like that, it’s better to cook meat snacks yourself. Here, for example, is a recipe for a wonderful balyk. 

 

4. Iced tea

Everything is simple here. The liquid sold under this name has nothing to do with ordinary tea at all. The composition contains water, dyes, flavors and a lot of sugar (by the way, more than in sweet soda). And if you are still unable to refuse this soft drink, prepare it yourself. We have a great recipe.

5. Baking with fruit fillings

Fragrant buns, cookies, croissants for every taste. And color. And with a very long shelf life. Doesn't surprise? The amount of preservatives in them rolls over. But the most “beautiful” is the fillers. In jams and preserves, the proportion of fruits and berries is no more than 40%. Everything else is thickeners, dyes, preservatives. Yes, you guessed it, our advice is to cook such pastries yourself. We are sure that you will find options in our selection of recipes to your taste. 

 

6. Filled yogurts

Store-bought yogurts contain as much sugar as a person should have enough for the whole day. And fillers are often completely chemical, having nothing to do with natural products. Thus, all the benefits of fermented milk yogurt, in theory useful for digestion, are reduced to nothing. Want to make homemade yogurt? Here's a great recipe.

7. Fast food

Fast food is not food. You can look at them, you can smell them, but you can't eat them. Instead of potatoes - one starch, instead of milk - at best, dry whey, instead of meat - fatty oils and flavorings.

 

8. Soda

Here you will find a whole range of "usefulness": sugar in unhealthy amounts, dyes, gases that irritate the mucous ... is it worth continuing this list? Better make homemade lemonade.

 

9. Out-of-season vegetables and fruits

It seems to be absolutely clear that strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers do not grow in December. And if such miracles appear on the counter, then you have solid nitrates or genetically modified foods. Try better frozen vegetables, fruits, berries.

10. Packaged juices

Yes Yes! The same juices that parents fanatically solder their children. Take a closer look at the composition - and you will notice that it actually honestly says that the share of natural products (and often pureed or reconstituted) is no more than 50%. Which exit? Look for juices in farm-made glass containers with a “clean” composition or harvest them yourself in the summer-autumn period. Take note of the options for tomato, carrot, apple and pumpkin juice.