Someone made a comment about the fact I was wearing a “real” leather jacket as in one made out of a cow’s hide. I never engaged in such chatter except once when I was forced to. When I was dining in such places it seemed every other time someone at an adjoining table would start jabbering on about the virtues of how they were eating like a fervent born again disciple. It’s not that the food isn’t good - it’s actually great in most cases. I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 32 years and I avoid vegan restaurants like the plague. More power to disciples of the diet trend du jour as long as they don’t overreach onto my plate. The problem is too many of us have become “drive by” converts to the latest trends without really delving into what we put into our mouths. I don’t think it was her age - she was 22 at the time. It surprised me that she had no idea what gelatin was or that the bars of soap she used were made from animal fat. I know of one person that found out a year ago that gummy bears and one of her favorite desserts - Jell-O - was made from remnants of animals. Not slamming gummy bears but some people are shocked when they find out the gelatin used to make gummy bears is the collagen produced by boiling animal bones, animal skins and cartridge. The real question is does organic really matter compared to other things you can do to modify your diet. That, by the way, is truly an assumption as the word “organic” is used pretty loosely and means different things to different people. The Black Forest website assures you their organic gummy bears are USDA certified organic candies “made with at least 95 percent organic ingredients.” You buy an organic apple and you assume it is 100 percent organic sans pesticides and chemical fertilizers. It is why Campbell’s Soup, as an example, is struggling with declining sales. Aside from the concept of gummy bears that is anything but natural I’m assuming Black Forest developed an organic gummy bear not necessarily to cash in on the organic movement but to avoid suffering declining sales when more people are convinced by social media and/or marketing to cut back on processed food.
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