The 12 Year-Old Burger...

Today I came across something truly astounding.

Karen Hanrahan teaches a workshop titled Healthy Choices for Children. It's a class for parents seeking solutions to how to improve the way they eat. It's about the alternative food market, organics, and the top ten food additives to avoid and why, menu planning and more.

She uses this burger as a prop. She purchased the burger in 1996, 12 years ago, from McDonald's and it looks identical to one that she might have purchased today.

The flecks on the burger are crumbs from the bun, the burger is starting to crumble a bit and smells a little odd. However, the point is that it has been laced with such a cocktail of chemicals and preservatives that it hasn't degraded, and perhaps never will.

Clearly, eating food that isn't natural is unlikely to be very good for you.  It is important to me that SuperJam is made entirely from fruit and fruit juice, without anything artificial.   Sure, it will only last a month or two in your 'fridge - but surely that is preferable to your food being so artificial that it can last forever...