Vinegar Warning: Pay Attention to Vinegar Labels for Pickling and Preserving
gardening.org
If you've seen warnings about 4% vs. 5% vinegar for canning, heed them! Experts are sounding the call: Home canners MUST check vinegar labels for acidity.

TL;DR: Vinegar is being sold at concentrations unsafe for preservation without proper warnings, 4% vinegar is unsafe while 5% is safe to can and pickle with.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Are we, the wealthiest and most advanced county in history, really devolving back into unregulated food standards that kill people? yea

    Get ready for "traditional ketchup" with notes on the ingredient list that say "May contain fishing chum and biproducts, and arsenic. Not a good source of vitamin C or semen.".

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Companies’ hands are tied. They spend so much time on lawyers and legalese that they can’t afford quality ingredients and assurance. If we got rid of regulations, companies would be more free to self regulate and have more money to make food with real and safe ingredients. It’s simple economics.