I want honey in my honey!
It’s been a pretty hectic week and I’ve been craving comfort food, so in a moment of weakness I picked up lunch from KFC recently. While they don’t serve poutine like the Canadian PKF’s (“Poulet Frit du Kentucky”) do, I’m a sucker for the potato wedges.
The new original recipe strip combo meal (is “new” and “original” an oxymoron in this context?) includes a biscuit so I asked for honey to go with it. Here’s the ingredient list for the Colonel’s Honey Sauce:
- High fructose corn syrup
- Sugar
- Honey
- Corn syrup
- Natural flavor
- Caramel color
What the hell is wrong with this picture? Okay, okay… I know I’m not going to get health food at KFC, but c’mon! Is it too much to ask for some honey in my honey?
The packet says that there’s 11% “real” honey. Remember, ingredients are listed in order of percentage of volume so figure the packet is at minimum 66% HFCS and sugar, probably more. Is honey not sweet enough?
One of the reasons I’ve heard for using high fructose corn syrup is that it has a longer shelf life which is why it’s used in so many pre-packaged, highly-processed food items. Even that’s a load of crap – honey is one of the most non-perishable naturally occurring edible substances known to man. Archaeologists found honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.
How’d you like to be the team that discovered that by the way?
“Hey, that looks like honey!”
“You think it’s still good?”
“You try it.”
“No way, you try it!”
“I’ll give you a dollar if you eat the mummy honey”
“Shoooots!”
By now you’ve seen the propaganda by the Corn Refiners Association on television that HFCS is “made from corn, doesn’t have artificial ingredients, has the same calories as sugar and just like sugar, it’s fine in moderation.”
Now I’m no scientist, but if that’s true, then why not use oh, I dunno…sugar? Because it’s cheaper, and BFCs like cheaper. They make more money that way.
Oh, and the part about it being fine in moderation? What’s moderate? How can you tell how much you’re getting when HFCS is in everything? Next time you’re shopping, take a look at the ingredient list ofall the packaged goods in the supermarket (except maybe in Whole Foods – see Kendra’s Adventures here). You may be in for a surprise – juice, yogurt, bread, breakfast bars, salad dressing, BBQ sauce…
And now, apparently it’s in honey as well.
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By the lone gunman, October 6, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Eat the honey! Eat the honey!
By Not "The LG", October 12, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
I’ve actually got comments for “The LG” but I think I’ll refrain.
When I went to Starbucks, I got honey with my tea. So, I checked the bag and…100% honey. Whew.
By the lone gunman, October 15, 2008 @ 8:12 am
@Not the LG – feel free to comment away. It’s still a free country. You know where to find me.