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Another unclear food label - live cultures in yoghurt.

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awayandaway · 27/04/2024 06:50

I have just discovered the bit on the yoghurt pot I was eating from that says "live cultures" and it is tiny.

Ok, it IS there, but it is very small, and I am dyslexic. I did check in the shop before picking it up, but I didn't see it.

I now have to contact my cancer nurse arrange a telephone conversation. Not that there is anything she can do now, I have eaten it.

I am going to contact the manufacturer and complain. Particularly on the grounds that a lot of people undergoing chemo are going to have temporary eyesight problems. But obviously, this is dangerous to other people too, not just cancer patients.

I think food with a content that poses a significant danger to a significant proportion of the population should have that warning written in a standard colour, so it is easy to skim the package standing in the super market isle, and find that warning.

There should be a list of ingredients that have to be printed in bright orange, or something, so that if you are scanning for a particular ingredient, and you don't see any bright orange, you know it isn't there.

Of course people who are severely colour blind might have to get someone else to scan for them, but that would solve this issue for most people most of the time, wouldn't it?

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MultiplaLight · 27/04/2024 07:04

I too thought all yoghurt was live. Is it worth avoiding yoghurt for now?

underscorer · 27/04/2024 07:03

It said it on the label.

AGlinnerOfHope · 27/04/2024 07:01

I was unaware live cultures cause issues for people with cancer. I thought they were good for everyone, and actually am frustrated at products that should have them but don’t.

I would always expect yogurt to be live, unless it’s longlife

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