How often do you give your kids- Oscar Meyer Lunchables?
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Anonymous
how does this look gross to you??? http://www.kraftbrands.com/lunchables/ourproducts/default.aspx?navID=lunchables-uploaded&productID=turkey-and-cheddar-sub&product=4470006956 |
Anonymous
| Is the sandwich really that bad? |
Anonymous
| My almost 6yo has had them twice and the mickey one with fruit and cheese about 2 as well. I don't forbid any food in my house. I think that causes bigger problems than the occasional lunchable or poptart. |
Anonymous
| never my kid wont eat the cheese in them, doesnt like chicken nuggets, doesnt like red sauce, yay basically wont eat them sigh |
Anonymous
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They look nasty and expensive. There is so much tastier fake food to eat, like McDonalds fries!
I also feel this way about those Dannon Yogurts with the cookie toppings. Why not just give your kid a bowl of ice cream for lunch? |
Anonymous
| Never. Primarily because they have really high fat and sodium content, but also because they're expensive. |
Anonymous
| Yuck. Never. My kid has been brainwashed by the school system to eat healthy and preferably organic, sustainable and local. Won't eat fast food, no nuggets, no cookies. It's a real drag... |
Anonymous
| Have in the past with my older children. Not now; mainly because I'm paranoid my DD won't be full after picking over the offerings. |
Anonymous
| Never. My kids have never had fast food either. |
Anonymous
How does it not look gross to you? There isn't any food in there; it is all chemicals shaped into food-like objects. |
Anonymous
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The ingredients in this turkey and cheddar lunchables sub are pretty scary. As is the sodium content. I'm not against some junk food now and again, but this is too much.
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/Products/ProductInfoDisplay.aspx?siteid=1&product=4470036104 |
Anonymous
| 3x. My kindergartener BEGGED for them. I cave every three or four months. The thing is, I know he doesn't like them that much. But the marketing is a killer. He asked me recently, "Mommy is it REALLY all about the Lunchables?" |
Anonymous
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A typical lunch that my child brings to school includes: water, chicken, brown rice, carrots, apples, broccoli, salt. Notice that all of these items are food.
On the other hand, here is what is in lunchables: WATER: SPRING WATER. APPLESAUCE: APPLES, WATER, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C). SUB BUN: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR ([WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ENZYME MODIFIED SOY LECITHIN, DATEM), SALT, GUAR GUM, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), XANTHAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, ENZYMES. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY. OVEN ROASTED TURKEY BREAST--CURED--SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED--BROWNED WITH CARAMEL COLOR: TURKEY BREAST, WATER, POTASSIUM LACTATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, DEXTROSE, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, SMOKE FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR. PASTEURIZED PREPARED CHEDDAR CHEESE PRODUCT: MILK, WATER, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILKFAT, WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, LACTIC ACID, CHEESE CULTURE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, ENZYMES, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), ANNATTO (COLOR), WITH STARCH ADDED FOR SLICE SEPARATION. CONTAINS: MILK. CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA AND/OR PALM OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), DEXTROSE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, CORNSTARCH, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN--AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY. NONFAT MAYONNAISE DRESSING: WATER, VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CELLULOSE GEL, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, EGG YOLKS*, MUSTARD FLOUR, LACTIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, CELLULOSE GUM, VITAMIN E ACETATE, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONIONS, SPICE, YELLOW 6, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), BLUE 1, WITH POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA AS PRESERVATIVES. *TRIVIAL SOURCE OF FAT AND CHOLESTEROL. CONTAINS: EGG. TROPICAL PUNCH ARTIFICIAL FLAVORED SOFT DRINK MIX: SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID (PROVIDES TARTNESS), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), VITAMIN E ACETATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (PREVENTS CAKING), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM AND SUCRALOSE (SWEETENERS), ARTIFICIAL COLOR, RED 40, BLUE 1, BHA (PRESERVES FRESHNESS |
Anonymous
| Never. I try to stay as organic and fresh as possible. I find the amount of hormones in our food very disturbing. |
Anonymous
Mmmmm cellulose gel, blue 1, and "smoke flavor" (don't know what the hell that is, but sounds delectable!) |