{"id":8403,"date":"2012-11-20T05:45:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2012-11-20T05:45:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:45:40","slug":"starbucks-turkey-swiss-sandwich-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8403","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Turkey and Swiss Sandwich Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSliced Natural Turkey Breast\u201d (minimally processed says the labeling) with no artificial ingredients.\u00a0 From the label, it\u2019s not clear if \u201cno artificial ingredients\u201d refers to the \u201cminimally processed\u201d turkey, or the entire sandwich, but when one counts the number of ingredients in this turkey, Swiss, lettuce on wheat sandwich, with \u2018sides\u2019 of light mayo and mustard \u2026.\u00a0 the total number of participant ingredients totals over 50.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a scientist or a chef.\u00a0 And it may well be that some or all of these ingredients \u201ccome\u201d from natural products.\u00a0\u00a0 But I object, Starbucks.\u00a0\u00a0 And it\u2019s time for labeling to be more specific, in this writer\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n

This nearly six dollar sandwich, at 6.4 oz, comes out to $14.37 per pound, for those 50+ ingredients.\u00a0 Lots of sugars and salts in that list.<\/p>\n

The packaging states that the product is made exclusively for Starbucks, but it does not say by whom.\u00a0 Just as processed or fresh meat must have a USDA plant number on each package, I\u2019d like to see some origin indicator on every food product sold in the US.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one can find out by the SKU or bar codes?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a frequent reader\u00a0 you know I often \u201ctrack down\u201d the source of manufacturers;\u00a0 merely a personal curiosity, I often learn about an operation I\u2019ve never heard of, and find that interesting, hopefully you do too.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSliced Natural Turkey Breast\u201d (minimally processed says the labeling) with no artificial ingredients.\u00a0 From the label, it\u2019s not clear if \u201cno artificial ingredients\u201d refers to the \u201cminimally processed\u201d turkey, or the entire sandwich, but when one counts the number of ingredients in this turkey, Swiss, lettuce on wheat sandwich, with \u2018sides\u2019 of light mayo and… Continue reading Starbucks Turkey and Swiss Sandwich Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35,25],"tags":[1540,3108,3314],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8403"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}