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From: billp@azure.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.flame
Subject: Yoplait and the "K"
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Date: Sun, 11-Dec-83 02:26:58 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 11 02:26:58 1983
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Today I decided to find out for myself what's going on with Yoplait
yogurt and the "K" character on it.
If you'll remember the article that started the discussion:
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>>While shopping today, I picked up some Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt.
>>It was marked with a K (not a U in a circle).
>>Among the ingredients were listed:
>>	Skim Milk Solids
>>	Colored with Beef Fat extracts (definitely Beef Fat something)
>>
>>Now, doesn't this violate the rule about Kosher food not mixing milk & meat?
>>
>>
>>						-Jack Applin
>>						 (hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)
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I couldn't find any reference to Beef Fat extracts (how do you color anything
with beef fat extracts anyway?
I DID find, however, BEET extracts on red yogurts (like strawberry).
I suggest that Jack Applin misread the ingredient label.
Beet juice is commonly used for its red color by companies that don't
want to use some cheaper, synthetic garbage.

>>> FLAME ON <<<
Why is it that whenever there are several explanations for an occurrence,
one of which is fraud by a business, this one explanation seems to be
the only one that some people seem to believe? (See the follow-ups to the
original article).  Do people really believe that companies are in
business only to defraud the consumers?  I would like to suggest that
people with such an attitude look at themselves first and question if
they only see their own moral values in others.
>>> FLAME OFF <<<

Seriously, most businesses are honest.  The ones that aren't don't last.
If you read some horror fraud story about a well-known company, take
it with a grain of salt, look at the facts, and see if there isn't another
explanation.

Bill Pfeifer
Tektronix