Dear Migros Why the heck does practically every food I pick up from you have sugar in it? Why does dried meat, ham, meat loaf, sausage products, cottage cheese, bouillon, pickled vegetables, bread, salad dressing, etc. have sugar in them, sometimes in 2-3-4 times the amount? and in some cases in 2-3-4 times the amount? I want to decide for myself when I add sugar and when I don't, and I can certainly control this with obvious foods such as cookies, cakes, chocolate etc. But is there actually a single product of yours apart from water to which no sugar has been added during production? And now the answer will probably be "yes we have, we have created a health-conscious line called so and so with less sugar in it" - the products are massively more expensive but your health is certainly worth it. Why in God's name does the consumer have to pay more to eat healthily. In my opinion, healthy eating is a human right and it must be possible for every citizen of the world to buy healthy food. I do NOT want any sugar in food where it does not belong. Sugar is addictive, is a vitamin and mineral robber of the finest kind and makes you really ill!!! I advise everyone to watch the movie "The big sugar lie" and at the same time read the book "Anti-inflammatory nutrition" by Jürgen Schäfer. It makes your ears prick up and it's no wonder why more and more people are becoming ill. This is population genocide on a grand scale at the price of profit maximization. We are still paying for the fact that we are ruining our health ... unknowingly, mind you. Around 1900, the per capita consumption of sugar was 1 kg per year, today we consume almost 1 kg per week!!! No wonder, when sugar has been added to every product in which you really expect it. Diabetes, fatty liver, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, inflammation in the body, allergies etc. are all caused by sugar. When will you stop poisoning us?
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I buy my cottage cheese at EDEKA because migros only sells cottage cheese with sugar
When I'm in Constance, I buy it there too. And also low-fat soft cheese, which Migros doesn't stock. The selection there is very large and great.
"Around 1900, the per capita consumption of sugar was 1 kg per year, today we are at almost 1 kg per week!!!" Absolute harbor cheese. If you don't have a source, you can pack this claim away again. Sugar has always been used for preservation, in jams, bread, dried meat, etc. Just imagine, there's salt in almost everything! It's also a flavor enhancer...
@DonPascual Oh how I love the kind of people who just doubt everything and scream for sources. Why don't you get out of your comfort zone and do some research if you doubt it. You can find all the figures on the internet on X pages. Here's a suggestion: why don't you give me some sources that prove that it's not like that? You can also find my "claimed" figures at the WHO. Here is an excerpt from the statistics from the Federal Statistical Office: According to the Federal Statistical Office, around 40.7 kilograms of refined sugar per capita were consumed as food in Switzerland in 2018, which corresponds to the equivalent of more than 111 grams per day. This is more than four times the amount recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (WHO) of 25 grams of household sugar per day. It advises limiting the consumption of sugar to a maximum of 10% of energy intake, as high sugar consumption can be detrimental to health. With an intake of 2000 kcal per day, this means 50 g of sugar. This amount of sugar includes granulated sugar and "hidden" sugar. The "hidden" sugar is found in processed foods and drinks. Fruit yoghurt, chocolate bars and sweet drinks are just a few examples of the sugary foods and beverages that we consume every day. If you think that it's perfectly okay to be "fattened up" with added sugar in food everywhere, then I can't help you either. Nothing else is done to us, we are unsuspectingly fattened up like geese and over time we get a non-alcoholic fatty liver because it can no longer keep up with processing all the sugar, so fat is produced to cope with it all. This does not affect overweight people per se, but also well-trained, slim people. Funny, isn't it? Within ten years, the number of diabetics in Switzerland has doubled. The number of heart diseases and cancers is increasing rapidly. You'll find plenty of sources on the Internet about this too. It's no wonder that healthcare costs are skyrocketing. I don't wish any of these diseases on you, but then, believe me, the questions and answers will come and you will wake up painfully. Now to your conservation issue. Like fat, sugar is an important flavor carrier. Why does bread need to be preserved? The bread we get today is as dry as rusk the very next day. Quite apart from the fact that only empty calories are sold here without any fiber that our body would need. Not dried meat anyway, or have I misunderstood something about salting? Sugar and glucose? Seriously for what? And cottage cheese, what does cottage cheese need sugar for? And bouillon cubes? Pickled gherkins? Yes, there are also many other "ingredients" that have no place in these products and are not healthy for our bodies, including salt. And now? Do we put our fists in our pockets and continue to be taken for a ride by the food industry? Do we accept it and close our eyes?
Hello Salsafuedli, thank you for your contribution. It's true that many Migros products contain sugar - even those that you wouldn't expect. Convenience products are particularly affected. Staple foods or less processed foods usually contain no sugar. There are various reasons why sugar is added to products. In certain products (e.g. jams, syrups etc.), sugar is important for shelf life. But it is also a flavor carrier - a little sugar rounds off the taste. For example, it is common for a pinch of sugar to be added to tomato sauce in order to "bind the acid". The same purpose is served by adding sugar to salad dressings or vinegar preserves. In meat products, sugar can be added as a substrate for the starter cultures (curing flora). However, the frequently added glucose is fermented by the microorganisms into acids and thus "disappears". On the other hand, sugar is added to certain products (sausages, meat loaf) to promote browning. Sugar is also often added to meat products to round off the taste. The small amounts of sugar found in products such as bread, tomato sauce, tinned vinegar or meat products are not objectively a problem for people who want to eat a healthy diet. Sugar is not "forbidden" as part of a healthy diet - not even in the diet of diabetics. However, moderate consumption is recommended: A maximum of 10% of the energy consumed per day should come from sugar, which is roughly equivalent to 50 grams. This is an amount that can easily be achieved with the consumption of sweet drinks, sweet baked goods, sweetened dairy products or sweets, but not with the products mentioned above. If you want to consistently avoid such sources of sugar, Migros offers a wide range of staple foods or minimally processed, unsweetened products as well as product alternatives sweetened with sugar substitutes. Migros is aware of its responsibility with regard to food recipes and is constantly working on improving recipes. Kind regards, Luisa
Hello Salsafuedli, thank you for your contribution. It's true that many Migros products contain sugar - even those that you wouldn't expect. Convenience products are particularly affected. Staple foods or less processed foods usually contain no sugar. There are various reasons why sugar is added to products. In certain products (e.g. jams, syrups etc.), sugar is important for shelf life. But it is also a flavor carrier - a little sugar rounds off the taste. For example, it is common for a pinch of sugar to be added to tomato sauce in order to "bind the acid". The same purpose is served by adding sugar to salad dressings or vinegar preserves. In meat products, sugar can be added as a substrate for the starter cultures (curing flora). However, the frequently added glucose is fermented by the microorganisms into acids and thus "disappears". On the other hand, sugar is added to certain products (sausages, meat loaf) to promote browning. Sugar is also often added to meat products to round off the taste. The small amounts of sugar found in products such as bread, tomato sauce, tinned vinegar or meat products are not objectively a problem for people who want to eat a healthy diet. Sugar is not "forbidden" as part of a healthy diet - not even in the diet of diabetics. However, moderate consumption is recommended: A maximum of 10% of the energy consumed per day should come from sugar, which is roughly equivalent to 50 grams. This is an amount that can easily be achieved with the consumption of sweet drinks, sweet baked goods, sweetened dairy products or sweets, but not with the products mentioned above. If you want to consistently avoid such sources of sugar, Migros offers a wide range of staple foods or minimally processed, unsweetened products as well as product alternatives sweetened with sugar substitutes. Migros is aware of its responsibility with regard to food recipes and is constantly working on improving recipes. Kind regards, Luisa
These are again fantastic excuses from Migros! The fact that small amounts of sugar are not harmful to health is a clear sign of ignorance. There are people who are absolutely not allowed to eat sugar. So just leave it out. Especially with all dairy products, Blévitas (skimmed milk powder!!), bouillon, etc. They are not necessary. They are not necessary. The same goes for the nonsense in other articles that minimal traces of alcohol don't matter. Nonsense, there are also people who have to avoid all alcohol and are not allowed to consume anything............So Migros, why don't you stop with these witty answers and finally set an example by cutting out sugar?
Hello Salsafuedli, thank you for your contribution. It's true that many Migros products contain sugar - even those that you wouldn't expect. Convenience products are particularly affected. Staple foods or less processed foods usually contain no sugar. There are various reasons why sugar is added to products. In certain products (e.g. jams, syrups etc.), sugar is important for shelf life. But it is also a flavor carrier - a little sugar rounds off the taste. For example, it is common for a pinch of sugar to be added to tomato sauce in order to "bind the acid". The same purpose is served by adding sugar to salad dressings or vinegar preserves. In meat products, sugar can be added as a substrate for the starter cultures (curing flora). However, the frequently added glucose is fermented by the microorganisms into acids and thus "disappears". On the other hand, sugar is added to certain products (sausages, meat loaf) to promote browning. Sugar is also often added to meat products to round off the taste. The small amounts of sugar found in products such as bread, tomato sauce, tinned vinegar or meat products are not objectively a problem for people who want to eat a healthy diet. Sugar is not "forbidden" as part of a healthy diet - not even in the diet of diabetics. However, moderate consumption is recommended: A maximum of 10% of the energy consumed per day should come from sugar, which is roughly equivalent to 50 grams. This is an amount that can easily be achieved with the consumption of sweet drinks, sweet baked goods, sweetened dairy products or sweets, but not with the products mentioned above. If you want to consistently avoid such sources of sugar, Migros offers a wide range of staple foods or minimally processed, unsweetened products as well as product alternatives sweetened with sugar substitutes. Migros is aware of its responsibility with regard to food recipes and is constantly working on improving recipes. Kind regards, Luisa
Dear Luisa Thank you very much for your comment. I know that jams, syrups etc. contain sugar. I, and I think everyone else, is aware that jams, syrups etc. contain sugar. That was not my question in any way. The issue concerns products in which it is not obvious. And the reason for this still eludes me, because strangely enough, third-party manufacturers manage to produce the same products without adding sugar. So now we have no choice but to analyze the products we use every day and find food producers who manage to make products without added sugar.... or... Migros, like all other food manufacturers, has a responsibility towards its customers. I am aware that this doesn't just apply to Migros, but as I was a Migros child up to now and Migros always advertises that it wants to take responsibility in many respects, the issue of additives in food that don't belong in it is also part of this. No, sugar is not "forbidden" in a healthy diet, but as a consumer I don't want to eat sugar in a hidden form, but consciously. Even if it is labeled as a small amount, as you do. So obviously the maxim "I'm going to treat myself to a piece of bread with cottage cheese and a slice of meat loaf" instead of "I'm going to treat myself to a Schoggistengeli" now applies. So as a consumer I would very much appreciate an improvement in food recipes, but by the time that happens I'm pretty sure I'll have found enough alternatives and can confidently do without Migros products with a clear conscience.
@Salsaguedli I think the answers are just mandatory and not a personal opinion on the part of employees, also the postings are hardly ever discussed seriously I think. More like, ah yes the ubd die Frahe in the forum, open https://www.migros-impuls.ch/de/ernaehrung/ernaehrungsformen/zuckerfreie-ernaehrung/zucker-interview and copy paste template there. My feeling. There are several topics of this kind and if you google a part (e.g. "sugared dairy products or sweets without problems") a few identical answers come up. So it's not a personal answer but a formula.
@Bodenseeknusperli thanks for your tip. Yes, it seems that we consumers are not important enough for the supervisors to take the time to provide the right answer. Copy paste is easier to handle. The employees are almost certainly not "allowed" to express a personal opinion anyway, but must follow the "net etiquette" of their employer. Well then, there is only one thing to do.... draw the consequences.
@Bodenseeknusperli thanks for your tip. Yes, it seems that we consumers are not important enough for the supervisors to take the time to provide the right answer. Copy paste is easier to handle. The employees are almost certainly not "allowed" to express a personal opinion anyway, but must follow the "net etiquette" of their employer. Well then, there is only one thing to do.... draw the consequences.
This key combination is used a lot. It's bad that they think we don't notice. It's just embarrassing on the part of Migros.
There has been a sugar tax in the UK since 2018! Why was the sugar content so different from e.g. Germany? Why can you reduce the sugar content so massively and only where the sugar tax is? Read for yourself very interesting. https://www.dw.com/de/zuckersteuer-in-gro%C3%9Fbritannien-zeigt-wirkung/a-43151656 Dear Migros it would be possible! Maybe you try a private label with extremely less, better zero sugar?
I don't know how best to write a post here without an "answer to". But my question, since you are probably more familiar with the subject: there are some types of chocolate bars "without added sugar" - is that good and without a trap, so to speak? Sometimes you have to be careful what's in them, or know the terms, e.g. fructose instead of refined sugar. Do you have experience with these bars and are they "smarter"? I'm not so well versed and would like to try to pay more attention to it if possible, yoghurt only nature anyway The ones I mean are e.g. https://produkte.migros.ch/noxana-ohne-zuckerzusatz
Sugar, carbohydrates looks good Ingredients well... I'm sure others know more. But what I wouldn't like at all are the calories... that's extremely high. Is it all the nuts? Another thing, the darker the chocolate, the less sugar it contains.
I don't know how best to write a post here without an "answer to". But my question, since you are probably more familiar with the subject: there are some types of chocolate bars "without added sugar" - is that good and without a trap, so to speak? Sometimes you have to be careful what's in them, or know the terms, e.g. fructose instead of refined sugar. Do you have experience with these bars and are they "smarter"? I'm not so well versed and would like to try to pay more attention to it if possible, yoghurt only nature anyway The ones I mean are e.g. https://produkte.migros.ch/noxana-ohne-zuckerzusatz
@Bodenseeknusperli"I don't know how best to write a post here without "reply to""Just reply to the opening post, then it works.