Would you rather eat SnackWell's products, or dog food?

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Which would you rather eat?
The SnackWell product 44%  44%  [ 4 ]
The dog food 33%  33%  [ 3 ]
Both are equally yummy 22%  22%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 9

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03 Aug 2013, 10:35 pm

I was more or less asked this question in another discussion

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postxf236959-0-30.html

and thought that I would make a poll, to see what other people's opinions might be.

http://brands.nabisco.com/Snackwells/

SnackWell's motto is "Be bad. Snack well." Which is utter nonsense, but slick enough to seduce a lot of my fat compatriots into stuffing themselves with garbage that they've been tricked into thinking that it is somehow good for them.

Nabisco touts is ironically-named SnackWell products as "deliciously indulgent, perfectly portioned treats. They let you be bad, and still be good." Utter nonsense.

Here are the ingredients for SnackWell's Devil's Food Cookies

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Ingredients List wrote:
Sugar, Enriched Flour, [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, (Vitamin B1) Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Skim Milk, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Glycerin, Emulsifiers [(Adds A Trivial Amount of Fat) Soy Lecithin, Mono - and Diglycerides], Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Calcium Phosphate), Gelatin, Cornstarch, Modified Corn Starch, Chocolate (Adds A Trivial Amount of Fat), Salt, Potassium Sorbate Added to Preserve Freshness, Artificial Flavor.


:eew:

For dog food, let us assume a high-quality, gourmet dog food. My esteemed sparring partner in the other discussion suggested Troll Hundefor from Norway.

http://www.troll-hundefor.no/public.aspx?pageid=33949

English ingredients lists: http://www.albaracing.net/TROLL%20dog%20food.htm

Troll Elite Ingredients wrote:
TROLL ELITE is designed to meet the nutritional and energy demands of dogs with normal to middle high activity.
Ingredients: Wheat, Rice, Chicken Meal, Norwegian Fish Meal, Chicken Fat, Meat Meal, Corn, Natural Chicken Flavour, Minerals, Brewers Dried Yeast and Vitamins
Negotiable Energy : 14.100 kJ / 3.400 kcal/kg dry food.
Nutrient: Protein: 23.0 %
Fat: 11.0 %
Fibre: 2.0 %
Water: 10.0 %
Minerals: 7.0 % (Calcium 1.5%, Phosphor : 1.2%)
Vitamins and minerals included during the production; Vitamin A 13.000 IE, Vitamin D 1.040 IE, Vitamin E 63 mg, Copper sulphate 5,2 mg.

TROLL ELITE contains all the necessary vitamins and minerals that your dog needs for an entirely diet. The fat is stabilised with approved anti oxides and the essential fat acids from Omega-3 and Omega-6 have been important when choosing the ingredients we use. The food have no artificial smell, colour or taste substance.


For the sake of discussion, let's assume that you are quite peckish, that you can heat the product on a stove or in a microwave oven, that you can spread it over bread if you wish, and that you can add standard condiments (such as catsup, mustard, relish, etc.).

Your choice is dog food, that has all of those yummy nutritional ingredients, or the SnackWell concoction.

What do you choose?



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03 Aug 2013, 11:10 pm

How many do I have to eat? For how long? If it was just once, hell yeah Snackwells. But if you like, locked me in the house for a month with only condiments and dog food (and bread?) it'd probably be dog food.



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04 Aug 2013, 6:31 am

I voted equally yummy but rereading those ingredients I'd eat either but I wouldn't give it to a dog because of the wheat. I don't avoid wheat myself. I'd consider trying my cat's food too. I feed them a kind without wheat, corn, or animal byproducts. I ate a dog treat before that was similar to a slim jim.

The only bad things I avoid in food that I can think of are artificial sweeteners. I see nothing on that food label that would put me off of eating it.



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04 Aug 2013, 7:16 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
For the sake of discussion, let's assume that you are quite peckish, that you can heat the product on a stove or in a microwave oven, that you can spread it over bread if you wish, and that you can add standard condiments (such as catsup, mustard, relish, etc.).


I don't think heating up the dog food or adding relish, mustard or catsup to the cookies would make either of them any more appetising.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:01 am

Somehow I suddenly get the urge to buy a box of snackwells to share with my dog.


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04 Aug 2013, 8:05 am

Raptor wrote:
Somehow I suddenly get the urge to buy a box of snackwells to share with my dog.


:lol: You'll be crucified for animal cruelty!


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04 Aug 2013, 8:06 am

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Somehow I suddenly get the urge to buy a box of snackwells to share with my dog.


The dog shouldn't have those, they have chocolate. They do look pretty tasty though.

Every time I open a new can of cat food I smell it to make sure it's ok (I do the same with my food) and I've been tempted to take a nibble to see if it tastes as good as it smells. My cats eat Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul canned food.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:09 am

With the dog food, you have a good amount of protein, vitamins, minerals, the Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. All good for Norwegian sled dogs, and possibly ideal for human body builders.

The dog food is 11% fat. The fat-free SnackWell product is loaded with sugars.

A lot of my fat compatriots chow down on SnackWells ("Yay! It is 'Fat-Free!' It won't make me fat! Nabisco says that it is good for me! I always trust American corporations to be truthful and honest, and to have my best interests at heart!"). And then they chase it down with diet sodas. :eew:

They would be much better off with dog food and water.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:14 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
A lot of my fat compatriots chow down on SnackWells ("Yay! It is 'Fat-Free!' It won't make me fat! Nabisco says that it is good for me! I always trust American corporations to be truthful and honest, and to have my best interests at heart!"). And then they chase it down with diet sodas. :eew:


I like fat. I think it's tasty. I know that something being fat free doesn't mean it's low in calories.

I'd never drink diet soda. I don't like artificial sweeteners. I also don't drink soda much because I don't like carbonation.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:17 am

This is the ingredients in my cat's food. They eat better than I do.

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Chicken, chicken liver, salmon, turkey, duck, chicken broth, whole grain brown rice, white rice, oatmeal, potatoes, barley, egg product, guar gum, flaxseed meal, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, taurine, dried chicory root, carrageenan gum, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, copper sulfate, calcium iodate and sodium selenite.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:30 am

hanyo wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
A lot of my fat compatriots chow down on SnackWells ("Yay! It is 'Fat-Free!' It won't make me fat! Nabisco says that it is good for me! I always trust American corporations to be truthful and honest, and to have my best interests at heart!"). And then they chase it down with diet sodas. :eew:


I like fat. I think it's tasty. I know that something being fat free doesn't mean it's low in calories.

I'd never drink diet soda. I don't like artificial sweeteners. I also don't drink soda much because I don't like carbonation.


Diet sodas are both fattening and toxic. The aspartame can make you go blind. The acid will still rot your teeth.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:47 am

hanyo wrote:
This is the ingredients in my cat's food. They eat better than I do.

Ingredients

Chicken, chicken liver, salmon, turkey, duck, chicken broth, whole grain brown rice, white rice, oatmeal, potatoes, barley, egg product, guar gum, flaxseed meal, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, taurine, dried chicory root, carrageenan gum, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, copper sulfate, calcium iodate and sodium selenite.


Compare that to the ingredients in a similar product marketed for human consumption

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Ingredients wrote:
Ham, pork, sugar, salt, water, potato starch & sodium nitrite.


Humans just can't do without their sugar, salt, starch, and yummy carcinogens.

Take away the sugar, salt, starch and sodium nitrite, and humans won't eat it: it becomes pet food.

Add these key ingredients to any pet food, and change the label to imply that the result is healthy and tasty, and humans (especially Americans) will eat it.



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04 Aug 2013, 8:53 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
Humans just can't do without their sugar, salt, starch, and yummy carcinogens..


You're exaggerating too much to make your point. Most people I know wouldn't touch that over-processed/canned stuff with a shitstick.


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04 Aug 2013, 8:55 am

Fried SPAM is quite good.


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04 Aug 2013, 9:09 am

I like spam and this is even better. I like the taste and texture better than the old spam.

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04 Aug 2013, 9:28 am

BenderRodriguez wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
Humans just can't do without their sugar, salt, starch, and yummy carcinogens..


You're exaggerating too much to make your point. Most people I know wouldn't touch that over-processed/canned stuff with a shitstick.


The people you know must be high class people who make 200K a year and shop at Whole Foods.