I wrote a post on Monday about the edamame we found at Costco. We were so happy. I guess the happiness was short lived. Sigh...
YJ very kindly wrote a comment yesterday:
Well we still had the bag so Art dug it up. We just couldn't believe it.
Look!
YJ is right!
There mixed with the photo of the soybeans are the words "Product of China".
Art says he'll take the responsibility for this mistake. He got fooled by the "Packed for Globalinx Food, LLC, Newport Beach, CA 92660". He missed the Product of China on the side.
Thank you, YJ!
You don't think they did that on purpose do you? They wouldn't deliberately make "Product of China" hard to read?
Oh aggravation...
YJ very kindly wrote a comment yesterday:
"Hmmm... We just bought the exact same bag at Costco and ours say Product of China but packed in the USA. I'm absolutely no fan of buying any consumables from China but this was the only organic we could find that is affordable."Sigh...
Well we still had the bag so Art dug it up. We just couldn't believe it.
Look!
YJ is right!
There mixed with the photo of the soybeans are the words "Product of China".
Art says he'll take the responsibility for this mistake. He got fooled by the "Packed for Globalinx Food, LLC, Newport Beach, CA 92660". He missed the Product of China on the side.
Thank you, YJ!
You don't think they did that on purpose do you? They wouldn't deliberately make "Product of China" hard to read?
Oh aggravation...
Produce items often do that. Most things are packaged in the United States, often saying the state they are from
ReplyDeletePretty sneaky, yeah. It is so hard to read the fine print while still in the food store. I would have to take my glasses AND a magnifying glass. Also, I find it hard to read anything printed on a dark background (like on the package you show).
ReplyDeleteFrozen fish labels are a similar case, probably because people have been told to beware of Chinese fish.
Hah! I'll bet that was very intentional. Certainly packing in the US wouldn't do anything for the product that was sent her from China. And can't we grow our own here in the US ?
ReplyDeletewhat a long trip for the edamames...lol!
ReplyDeleteGoes along with the statement I just typed on my blog in response to your comment about chicken. I pretty much only buy locally grown, organic, foods. My food bill can be quite high some weeks, but it sure keeps me from buying a lot of stuff. Now, that rice I served with the orange cauliflower? From China. I neglected to buy the California-grown organic variety when I was at Whole Foods.
ReplyDeleteCan one inquire of the packers if there is anyone here in the US that grows edamame? Perhaps you can find someone on HI that grows them on Google.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks good about the product to me EXCEPT for those three little (almost hidden) words.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your commenters that making it hard to determine that the product is from China is intentional, because the Chinese do know that people from the US (and probably other countries) are distrustful of how the Chinese grow consumables and manufacture other products. Soybeans are grown in the US, but I believe they are mostly for livestock feed. BTW, your blog, and the blogroll you list, are written by truly wonderful and interesting people. The things they do, the way they think, etc., have convinced me that my life is absolutely a (yawn) bore!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe soybeans were packaged in California so it's the US company that's trying to hide the fact that it's grown in China, right? Art agrees with you that the US soybeans are different from the edamame we eat.
DeleteOh yes, I do have the best, most interesting, most caring cyber family ever! It's so wonderful to be able to trade ideas. And your life, my dear brainy cousin is certainly not a bore! One of these days, I'm going to check out that menagerie you have at your place.
Oh those marketers are sneaky. Food Ans Drug regulation says they must ID the source of food. The grocers fought it and lost, but you still have to examine every package carefully. Also, just try to find the expiration date. I have read that sometimes conventional USA foods are safer than organic, especially if you don't cook them. It all depends on the food. Strawberries are a good example. Apparently, the field workers in some countries defacate around the plants. I thought about this, and it's probably true. I don't think they hike back to base or carry a Porto-potty.
ReplyDeleteYuuuuuck! That's awful! I have heard that strawberries are one of the most contaminated fruits in the market.
DeleteOh... and YES! The expiration date! Aggravation! I always have the hardest time finding those. It always seems as though they're trying to hide it.
Delete*sigh* We must really read all the fine prints on packaging now. How tedious but necessary.
ReplyDeleteMarketing is deceiving for sure!
ReplyDeleteI'm still reeling from what happened to a belt I bought husband a long time ago (don't remember the store) that was stamped "GENUINE LEATHER"....I noticed it looking rather shabby lately. Then husband showed me his belt and asked why it looked the way it did, torn up like paper. Huh!! I can only assume, maybe wrongly, that it was made in China since there was no stamp on the belt that said it was made there.
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I sure hope the soybeans ARE soybeans lol
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I'm just hoping the soybeans are truly organic and clean and safe and....
DeleteYikes! Well, I'm glad I didn't go running off to Costco looking for that package. Isn't it wonderful to have this community of bloggers who care about each other? I'm just so happy I have all of you in my life. :-)
ReplyDeleteSame here, DJan!
DeleteMost product in Europe are made in China but not the food
ReplyDeleteSorry about that Kay, marketers can be very tricky. We were in CostCo this morning but didn't have to buy much today. I picked up organic bananas. Didn't think to look at where they came from before I threw the outer wrappings away.
ReplyDeleteThere's a tremendous amount of product from China in our grocery stores. I'm not as vigilant as you in avoiding Chinese food products.
ReplyDeleteThere is entirely too much trickery now that other countries know we want to buy American. Now we have to read every inch of a product? Sad situation but one we must live with for now.
ReplyDeleteI know there are farmers in the USA. What are they growing? And does it all get sent to China?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking exactly the same about here in Israel.
DeleteWe grow a lot of soybeans here in the USA. Maybe they are not "organic".
ReplyDeleteHopefully "Organic" is policed by COSTCO before buying such
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ReplyDeleteSince you have all the info to contact the company, I hope you will. It's deceptive whether or not they "intended" it to be (though I don't doubt for a minute that it's intentional) and they need to know that they are losing a customer.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly have it written in tiny letters so many people won’t even read it – just like in contracts – it’s PR.
ReplyDeleteAwwwe Kay, sorry to have brought you the bad news. Its so sad how America is so dependent on other countries to supply our consumables and to make matters worse, to bring it in from a country that is so poorly regulated. China won't even think twice about using poison in their baby formulas for their own people so why would they make special accommodations for us Americans.
ReplyDeleteYJ, thank you so much for letting me know!!! Otherwise, I might have bought another bag. Yikes! I really appreciate your watching out for me.
DeleteI'm afraid I don't trust "organic" food from China....I may be being unjust, but there have been too many bad stories....Last year I was paying a high price for organic spinach (compared to regular frozen spinach) and then noticed it was from China.
ReplyDeleteHappen to check the frozen edamame I have: yep, from China. packaged by Houston, TX, under the low cost store brand name of VIP. Must be cheaper to grow it in China than here. The soybean fields I see in Kansas must be for the cows in Kansas....it's a long way from China to Kansas....bummer. DrumMajor
ReplyDeleteSigh... I guess we don't grow edamame in the US.
DeleteLast week I was driving in the country and passed field after field of soybeans. Maybe it was farms that used to grow tobacco. Anyway I was at Whole Foods and noticed that almost all edamame was from China. Some of it was marked USDA organic certified. There was one brand that was grown in the US, but it was significantly more expensive. $3.80 as compared to 1.80. I bought it anyway. But then I looked at some other things , like fruit cups (China). And why are there apples from New Zealand? Goodness - talk about a large carbon footprint.
ReplyDeleteThese little dishonesties are so maddening. And they are everywhere and set a negative tone. Why are we expected to trust businesses when they pull stunts like that?
ReplyDeleteOf course they would.
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