Food companies and their misleading labels

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Food is for nutrition and to provide the body with energy and vital nutrients. Names of foods help us to know what the likely ingredients might be in it. But often, we notice that food names are misleading. They can fool a person into buying only to realize that it did not meet their expectations and imagination. For instance, take the example of samosa. An ideal samosa is refined wheat flour (maida) wrap with mashed potatoes and boiled peas inside. And when we say paneer samosa (cottage cheese stuffed fried dumplings), the picture that comes to our mind is of a wrap of refined wheat flour dough with paneer inside. But to your disappointment, you will find that these samosas are nothing but the normal samosas with mashed potatoes with or without boiled peas and just 1 small piece of cottage cheese at one corner!!! If we talk about rusks, most of these are made of refined wheat flour or maida which is not healthy. Maida is stripped of all the vital nutrients such as fiber, vitamins,
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Popular Chinese food dishes in the USA that are not Chinese or authentic

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 Chinese restaurants are present worldwide. But do you know that some of the popular Chinese food dishes served in these restaurants are actually not authentic. They are not eaten in China and they are not traditional Chinese foods. Which are these foods? 


Chinese restaurants and their Chinese food dishes


Chinese restaurants globally serve a lot of Chinese food dishes. But some of these are not Chinese. No one in China eats those dishes. And they are actually just a westernized version of the Chinese dishes in order to cater to the wider appeal. They are entirely new or just modified versions of the original Chinese foods. 


In China, diet is mostly plant based with little meat. Whereas, the Chinese foods in American Chinese restaurant usually meat heavy and sweeter and more fried. These 5 Chinese dishes are not known in China. 


General Tso's Chicken


Not found in China. This is fried chicken with sweet to spicy taste. This is high in calories and saturated fats as well as sodium. And it is unhealthy. 


Chop Suey


Some enterprising Chinese restaurateurs invented this dish to fill the stomach of miners who were addicted to alcohol. The cooks took all the leftovers, added soy sauce and served it to the miners. This is high in salt due to the sauce content. 




Crab Wontons


These are fried dumplings containing crab meat and cream cheese. Many Chinese are lactose intolerant. Hence this food is not part of their diet in China. But in the USA, it is a famous Chinese food.


The crab meat is high in protein and zinc. But the cream cheese is full of saturated fats. And deep frying increases its unhealthy nature. 


Beef and Broccoli


This is not eaten in China. It is unhealthy unless need is lean and from grass fed cows. Beef has protein, B vitamins, and minerals. And broccoli has antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. 

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Fortune Cookies


These cookies have edible sugar, flour, vanilla, and sesame oil. They came from Japan and not China. Chinese prefer fruits for desserts and snacks and not cookies. 

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