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Tim Horton
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Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Feb 28, 2021 23:54:29 GMT 10 SA Hunter likes this

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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 28, 2021 23:54:29 GMT 10

Seems I'm always the last to know.. But eventually, I guess..

For the last year or a bit more the price of butter has gone up $1.50 a pound.. We have struggled to find it on special or a deal of any kind..
About 2 weeks ago now we hit a special that amounted to a dollar off a pound.. We went to 3 different places to swoop on the special and the limited purchase.. We came home with 70 pounds....

Since we had the freezer space it is money in the bank..

So now I find out there is a "butter gate" in Canada as it were.. It seems they are putting palm oil in it and do not have to list it as an ingredient for some reason... I don't find that a problem to have it in the product..

The things that tick me off are the palm oil doesn't have to be listed...
Here in the far north west why has the price been crazy...
Why do we have to learn about all this from the BBC ?? Nothing on the CBC that I have heard... Wait... CBC is "trusted media" eligible for the $600 million or so "fund"..... Do you see a connection here ??

And of course I can't find the BBC article web address now that I need it...
Your part of the world likely heard about it earlier than here ...

Facts, details, thoughts.. ??

The farther north you go, the more things that can eat your horse and you.. Grandpa Gilbert

dirtdiva Senior Member Posts: 548 Likes: 929 Email: cannedquilter@gmail.com	Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 1, 2021 2:30:47 GMT 10 SA Hunter likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by dirtdiva on Mar 1, 2021 2:30:47 GMT 10 Wow I have not seen butter that cheap in awhile. Average price here in the lower US for a pound of butter is $4 to $5 a pound. Occasionally I will see a sale for $1.99 and usually buy as much as they will allow.
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Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 1, 2021 9:24:26 GMT 10 via Tapatalk SA Hunter likes this

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Post by tomatoes on Mar 1, 2021 9:24:26 GMT 10

I remember reading a while ago (pre 2020) that butter prices would be soaring here, but I can’t remember why. Our butter is more expensive than yours anyway but I haven’t noticed the price shooting up.

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Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 2, 2021 8:28:39 GMT 10 SA Hunter and bug like this

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Post by Stealth on Mar 2, 2021 8:28:39 GMT 10

Sounds like when some honey companies got pinged here for putting sugar syrup (or a version of it) into honey to cut costs. It seemed to very quietly get pushed under the rug after a little bit, but I still won't buy certain brands as a result. You just can't trust 'em!

Edit to add: I generally only buy honey from the local apiarists anyway, but if I have a moment of weakness and the kids are bugging me I'll get some from the store. Usually Beechworth honey only though!

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Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 3, 2021 7:27:31 GMT 10 SA Hunter and dirtdiva like this

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Post by grumble on Mar 3, 2021 7:27:31 GMT 10

Mar 2, 2021 8:28:39 GMT 10 Stealth said:

When you go shopping these days it really is buyer beware some times it quacks like a duck but it isn't a duck like most times maple syrup is actually Maple flavored syrup and its filler like in cheap honey is high fructose corn syrup

funny story when you're in the US HFCS is in everything and you can taste it buy a coke and its nasty but you cross over the boarder in to mexico and the coke there tastes just like the classic coke in a glass bottle did back in the 80's and the food is free of HFCS so you don't get that nasty after taste. I've noticed that HFCS is slowly creeping into Australian products because of the companies being owned by large American parent companies so keep an eye out for that

Beno Senior Member Posts: 1,310 Likes: 1,433 Location: Northern Rivers	Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 3, 2021 7:58:25 GMT 10 SA Hunter and dirtdiva like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Beno on Mar 3, 2021 7:58:25 GMT 10 I’ve noticed that too. But since our labelling laws are so crap it is called corn syrup not high fructose corn syrup which is a more appropriate name for it.

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Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 4, 2021 12:59:23 GMT 10 dirtdiva likes this

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Post by bug on Mar 4, 2021 12:59:23 GMT 10

"Corn Syrup" sounds nice, even healthy to the casual observer. It looks like they are using it so they don't have to call the ingredients sugar.

So glad my family cooks from basic ingredients almost everything we eat. Only exception I can think of would be bread and a couple of minor items that you can't buy the ingredients for.
We've stopped buying soft drinks too. It's now water, tea or scotch.

Thought criminal.

malewithatail VIP Member Posts: 4,000 Likes: 1,384 Location: Northern Rivers NSW	Canadian "Butter Gate"... ?? Mar 4, 2021 15:57:24 GMT 10 dirtdiva likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by malewithatail on Mar 4, 2021 15:57:24 GMT 10 Love the original coke. And it has to be full sugar hit stuff, not the sugar free. I've seen the evidence, but I want to see different evidence.

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