Be a Deli Detective: What's Hiding in
Your Dinner Tonight?
 When life gets busy and time is short, it is wonderful to be able to grab a quick and easy pre-made meal from the store, but do you know the ingredients of the foods you choose?
Often times food items are not clearly labeled with the ingredients: think hot soups or cold salads at the deli bar. Other times you are in such a rush you may not have time to bother checking the label, so I decided to do the label reading work for you!
I visited five local grocery stores and compared a similar pre-made meal from each location. I was shocked by some of the hidden ingredients in brand names I trusted and always thought to be high quality. The chart below highlights some of the questionable and/or acceptable ingredients in each store's products.
As you can see, most store-bought deli foods are hiding some ingredients that are not so good.
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