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Condiments, oils, spices, syrups, canned goods and baking aisle: what's in the jar and where it came from.

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Two products share the name soy sauce, and only one of them was brewed

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Oct 18, 2026

Two products share the name soy sauce, and only one of them was brewed

What 6 months in a tank does that a day in a reactor can't, the chemical only one of them makes, and why the brewed bottle barely costs more

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The Food Manufacturing Guy
Barilla is made in Iowa, and a court just said the flag never claimed otherwise

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Oct 11, 2026

Barilla is made in Iowa, and a court just said the flag never claimed otherwise

What a flag on a box is allowed to mean, what the die and the dryer actually do, and what the imported box buys you

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The Food Manufacturing Guy
Your cinnamon is almost certainly cassia

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Sep 23, 2026

Your cinnamon is almost certainly cassia

Which tree your cinnamon came from, what happens to the bark on its way into the jar, and the risk actually worth watching

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The Food Manufacturing Guy

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What's on the label, how the plant makes it, and what the front isn't telling you. Sources attached.

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