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Pocky lovers beware! (plus other related munchies)
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| kid nyce |
Saw this on my friends blog, thought it'd be good for everyone to take notice!
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE - STOP EATING THESE SNACKS Hong Kong has ordered stores to pull 16 popular Japanese & Chinese snacks off their shelves because they contain an unapproved sweetener which some studies have linked to cancer and other health problems.
The products are :
1. Glico chocolate pretzels,
2. Kiss mints,
3. Pringles potato crisps (mild salt flavor),
4. Kiku Prawn Crackers,
5. Kiku cuttlefish crackers,
6. Koebisen cuttlefish crackers,
7. Ika Mirin shrimp crackers,
8. Kiariri prawn-flavoured pretzels,
9. Nissin cup udon (beef, curry and tempura flavours),
10. Nissin UFO Oomori Yaki Soba Instant Noodles,
11. Nissin Tatsujin Tonkatsu Ramen Instant Noodles,
12. Natchoro sweetener
13. Qiaqia melon seeds from mainland China ,
14. Popular chocolate and strawberry flavoured Glico Pocky biscuit sticks,
15. Garlic Chip Rice Crackers,
16. Koikeya Don Tacos Spicy Beef.
They had also been removed from sale in Singapore after labs found they contained STEVIOSIDE, a sugar-substance not approved for consumption in HongKong or Singapore .
here's a link with more info.
http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/webpage/stevia
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| chimera66 |
| what about other companies who make pocky? i just LOVE them but i don't want cancer either |
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| phoenixBEBE |
oh no..POCKY!!!
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| dj tek |
| LOL.. damn them strawberry joints are the bomb....o well.. i guess me no lub dem long tym |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
what about other companies who make pooky? i just LOVE them but i don't want cancer either |
I guess you could always just read the ingredients and look for stevioside before buying it |
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| euphoria |
| I must be Doomed then...those Pocky's are damn addictive. I used to eat them damn near everyday. |
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| priscilla |
| that sucks....I just bought some pocky sticks last week!! :wtf: :wtf: |
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| euphoria |
:( :( |
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| kid nyce |
lol i wont lie i use to OD on them back in the day....
kinda scary thinking how much of that i've ingested and what its doing to me....gotta hit the gym to sweat that out lol |
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| yankeeBaby |
NO ! The irony of this, is that my coworker brought back a whole bunch of Pocky stuff last week when he returned from a 3 week trip there (he used to live there!) Guess we better stop munchin!
*btw I told him about this thread and he is VERY sad!* lol |
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| SidMl |
never heard of it before
guess i'm gonna have to try some |
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| phoenixBEBE |
ehh life is short
just enjoy them but in moderation...man i must have ingested POUNDS of Pocky sticks in my day btwn h.s. thru post-college. then again when u think about it, these days ANYTHING can cause cancer. esp when everything has some sort of preservatives in it.
who can resist thin cookies dipped in chocolate?! yum yum
altho i have to admit, i like Tomato and Salad Pretz better
wait...PRAWN CRACKERS?!!! = SHRIMP CHIPS?!!!
OH NO....
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