Egypt, 100% natural!
Shopping center, food, colored packages and big quantities, nothing unusual in most of the countries of the 21st century. Yet, in a new shop, in a new country we need some minutes till we find the well-known products. Even more if the language and the letters used are different of ours! This is what happened […]
Shopping center, food, colored packages and big quantities, nothing unusual in most of the countries of the 21st century. Yet, in a new shop, in a new country we need some minutes till we find the well-known products. Even more if the language and the letters used are different of ours! This is what happened to me too, was just looking in the shop when an older lady came to me. She was looking for some fresh juice and forgot her glasses, was asking for my help to read the small letters. As we know, the devil is hiding in the details.
Took the first one, 100% natural written on it, well, we are done I think. But still turn the bottle, start reading the content. Sugar, water, citric acid, stabilizers, sodium benzoate (printed is penzaoat), potassium sorbate.
Shit, is not what we are looking for! She is trying to say something, but talking more to herself, is not what she wants and I don’t want to be rude to her to say that in this country everything can happen. I’m just taking the next bottle, checking for the components. Next one is the same, seems to be the same again and again while I feel how instead of helping, I just confuse her. Better I switch to the red ones, let’s hope there is the real natural. It’s written on the label several times natural, this has to be the right one. I’m turning the bottle, sodium benzoate, potasium sorbate… No, not even this one. She gave up her preferences, no matter the color, no matter if plastic or glass bottle, just let’s find the right one.
Is coming the next surprize.The same label, totally different colors (people suffering of Daltonism keep quiet pleas). Where was this bottled? Jamaica? Was that a joint or a cigarette? –would like to ask the person who labeled the products. At least no chimical components are printed on the label, neither anything else. Still can be a plan B, is telling me the lady, let’s see the others while only a few bottles remained. Yellow avocado juice?! Brrr, come on, are you kidding?! While we are still looking we find the best of all the juices from Egypt. „Mix juice”. That’s all! The content of the bottle is printed in less words than the number of ingredients used for this juice. The percentage of the different juices is various in every bottle. Are you serious? While he was smoking his cigarettes(?) the guy who bottled the product was just holding the bottle under different taps? The older lady decided to give up, is still saying something while is leaving, I guess she decided to drink only water, at least that has only one color. I’m looking on the label, checking for the producer and words like, heavenjuice, powerjuice, pure 100% are printed on it.