So last week’s Name that Food was posted and you can check it out here: Name that Food: It’s Healthy, Isn’t It? We had only two responses: one from Noelle of In the Kitchen with Another Mama and one from Anna of Against the Grain.
Anna came the closest with her response:
The choice of “irish moss†instead of carageenan tells me this is something really processed and sold in the “health food†store under the guise of something healthy. Probably fake “milk†of some sort. Sorry I can’t be more positive about it, even the ingredients are so gross-sounding.
And she’s right. It is something sold in health food stores under the guise of something healthy. And here’s another surprise: I’ve actually eaten this stuff when I was on a vegan diet. And, yes, it is as gross-tasting as it is gross-sounding.
The answer to last week’s mystery food puzzle is Veganrella! Veganrella is a soy- and milk-free cheese marketed to vegans and the milk-intolerant. Frankly, you’d be better off purchasing and enjoying a high-quality, artisan-style raw milk cheese than suffering through this pseudofood or just doing without than suffering through this abomination of a gastronomical experience.
But here we are, and it’s another Saturday and I have another food for you to attempt to identify. Like Banana-flavored Handisnacks, this week’s mystery food seems to be missing something when I examined the ingredients – something or, rather, somethings that would actually help it to meet the needs of the market its manufacturers are targeting.
So, give it your best shot:
Mystery Food for Saturday, February 28:
Pasteurized Nonfat Milk, Pasteurized Cultured Nonfat Yogurt, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Raspberry Puree, Inulin, Modified Corn Starch, Citric Acid, Modified Tapioca Starch, Pectin, Malic Acid, Dimagnesium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Whey Protein Concentrate, Flavor(s) Natural and Artificial, Gellan Gum, Tri Calcium Phosphate, Beet Juice Concentrate, Potassium Sorbate, Vitamin C, Iron, Vitamin E, Vitamin aB, Zinc, Vitamin aB, Manganese, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, Biotin, Vitamin aB, Iodine, Vitamin D3, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12
So … post your best guess, and I’ll fill you in next Saturday when I post another mystery food!!
My guess is it’s some kind of yogurt smoothie, possibly raspberry flavored since it’s got the raspberry in it.
FoodRenegade´s last post: Cooking Grass-fed Beef — 5 Ways to Nirvana.
I say Go-gurt. Or maybe the Trix yogurt geared to kids.
Donielle @ Naturally Knocked Up´s last post: The Way it Used to Be.
I think it’s a yogurt smoothie thing for kids too. ooooo, maybe even a non fat kefir type of drink? has no fat that would be beneficial…does it have good bacteria?
Noelle´s last post: breakfast ideas.
Yoplait Nouriche Raspberry Breakfast Yogurt Smoothie
I want to guess again. Since it’s supposed to be good for your belly, I think it’s one of those yogurt drinks geared towards digestion. I don’t even know what’s on the market to be able to give a better guess.
Noelle´s last post: yummy snack.
Ummm…..good one. It’s definitely a yogurt product, maybe one of those yogurts geared towards healthy digestion? Or do they have a “meal replacement” yogurt? All those added vitamins look suspiciously like they might want you to skip a meal.
Haley W.´s last post: Cilantro Lime Rice.
Definitely some sort of raspberry yogurt drink. That has way too many ingredients even for yogurt!
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I will guess raspberry Yoplait yogurt.
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It’s one of those awful “nutraceutical” yogurt abominations (there I go being negative again
. I hate the TV commercials so much I don’t think I’ve ever even picked one up to look at the label or ingredients.
Contrast that with my new favorite yogurt from a store – St. Benoit yogurt … (www.stbenoit.com), which comes in returnable ceramic crocks (deposit). Unfortunately, one needs to be able to shop for St. Benoit yogurt within its relatively limited distribution range (California).