[sparkpeasy]

I find it's easiest to avoid a lot of these scammy practices without the mental load of double- and triple-checking labels by only shopping at places that stake their reputation on the quality and curated nature of what they carry.

Costco and Trader Joes are two great examples.

[skh]

The Aldi brothers have their share of scandals in Germany when it comes to tainted and mislabeled food. I wouldn’t be so confident that Trader Joe’s is what it claims to be. They are very secretive about where their food comes from and have shunned independent food tracking services to verify the non GMO status of their foood. I’m not opposed to GMO food so this doesn’t bother me but I wouldn’t be surprised to find that their honey or olive oil isn’t pure. It’s hard to find non adulterated products these days.