Not On the Label
What Really Goes into the Food on Your Plate
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Publisher Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THAT SHOWED US WHAT WAS REALLY IN OUR FOOD
In 2004 Felicity Lawrence published her ground-breaking book, Not on the Label, where, in a series of undercover investigations she provided a shocking account of what really goes into the food we eat. She discovered why beef waste ends up in chicken, why a single lettuce might be sprayed six times with chemicals before it ends up in our salad, why bread is full of water.
And she showed how obesity, the appalling conditions of migrant workers, ravaged fields in Europe and the supermarket on our high street are all intimately connected. And, when the horsemeat scandal hit the headlines in 2013, she uncovered how the great British public ended up eating horses.
Her discoveries would change the way we thought about the UK food industry for ever.
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'A brave examination of the calamities caused by a policy laughingly called one of 'cheap food'' Jeremy Paxman, Observer 'Book of the Year'
'Challenges each and every one of us to think again about what we buy and eat. It's almost like uncovering a secret state within the state' Andrew Marr, BBC Radio 4's Start The Week
'A thorough, complex and shocking insight into the food we eat in the twenty-first century . . . Perhaps this should be sold as the most effective diet book ever written' Daily Mail
Customer Reviews
What I've known all along
I found this an interesting read as a lot of what is stated is what I've thought for a long time.
I have run a store in the past for a long time and having met reps from big companies regularly can really say that these employees are deluded. They know nothing about what's in their new 'fresh' (haha) product. They are sent out with the power of market research which is all fair but where is it carried out? In truth they know very little about the origins of ingredients and that its not fresh and not healthy.
I could write a book myself and have thought about it in the past but have always thought who would read it? Lastly I once refused to stick per packed veg and opted for local produce(unpacked) a customer asked that if it was hygienic , who had touched it, a fly could land on it . It shocked me as this was a well dressed lady middle aged and worked for government. My point is that most customers believe whatever image is pushed. Oh and that potatoes come from soil which may contain traces of beetles, worms, slugs.
Supermarkets have changed local shops as they too have had to adopt the same supply chains through franchised names. The UK market is on its knees and the big boys are creaming it in .
Brilliant
This is such a fantastic book for those who really want a clear in site as to what goes in our food and how our food is made. Unbelievably shocking!!! You'll go through a roller coaster of emotions (mostly anger). Must read!!!