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About bugs in grapefruit juice
The point really is
Grapefruit juice is fine the color that it is.
I know that carmine won't hurt me. I didn't become a vegatarian because I felt that eating animals was physically damaging--Christ you should see how many eggs and how much cheese I eat, not to mention all the processed soy products, and alcoholic beverages I force my poor body to metabolize. Adding insects to my diet would be a nutritional improvement, if anything.
It's a matter of principle, and since businesses have no principles, I honestly didn't expect an intelligent response--I'm a little shocked I got any response at all. If it were legal to put human urine into Grapefruit Juice (or cola, or hamburgers, or kill babies to make cars--I don't want to single Dole out, they all lack any principle, beyond making profit) the manufacturers would only worry about how to label it without anyone figuring it out.
All food restrictions based on principle are irrational--what if I'd said I was an Orthodox Jew in my letter? Would Dole have reminded me that carmine isn't harmful? Who cares? It violates my covenant with God! Are you trying to send me to hell with your grapefruit juice?!
Okay, lots of complaining for no good reason, I know. My solution, as stated before: don't buy any red drinks. don't buy anything from Dole (maybe I'll use thier coupon, maybe not). I try not to buy any soft drinks that come in their own container anyway (since that's the form of litter I most often encounter).
Where's Rich Mackin when I need him?
IT'S GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
Grapefruit juice is fine the color that it is.
I know that carmine won't hurt me. I didn't become a vegatarian because I felt that eating animals was physically damaging--Christ you should see how many eggs and how much cheese I eat, not to mention all the processed soy products, and alcoholic beverages I force my poor body to metabolize. Adding insects to my diet would be a nutritional improvement, if anything.
It's a matter of principle, and since businesses have no principles, I honestly didn't expect an intelligent response--I'm a little shocked I got any response at all. If it were legal to put human urine into Grapefruit Juice (or cola, or hamburgers, or kill babies to make cars--I don't want to single Dole out, they all lack any principle, beyond making profit) the manufacturers would only worry about how to label it without anyone figuring it out.
All food restrictions based on principle are irrational--what if I'd said I was an Orthodox Jew in my letter? Would Dole have reminded me that carmine isn't harmful? Who cares? It violates my covenant with God! Are you trying to send me to hell with your grapefruit juice?!
Okay, lots of complaining for no good reason, I know. My solution, as stated before: don't buy any red drinks. don't buy anything from Dole (maybe I'll use thier coupon, maybe not). I try not to buy any soft drinks that come in their own container anyway (since that's the form of litter I most often encounter).
Where's Rich Mackin when I need him?