Entries Tagged as 'Consumers'

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

1975 Lorem Ipsum For Sale - Excellent Condition

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Alum in Potato Salad? Check the Ingredients!

My wife recently has purchased potato salads from Wal-Mart, Aldis, and Woodmans in Appleton, Wisconsin. The potato salad from Woodmans made by Garden Fresh Foods of Milwaukee had a peculiar flavor, my family noted. There was an unpleasant feeling in the throat similar to the irritation that sodium benzoate, a preservative, causes in some fruit […]

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

International Flavors and Fragrances: Impressive Breakthrough in Orange Flavor

I’m thinking of investing in International Flavors and Fragrances, a $5 billion market cap company with a strong suite of flavors and fragrances, including a new breakthrough in orange flavor. Many scientists collaborated to identify the key flavor components in orange juice and then sought to mimic them with relatively low-cost materials, relying less on […]

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

The Mysteries of Ink Jet Cartridges: Print Often or Clog!

Consumers are often perplexed about how few prints they get from ink jet cartridges before they have to buy news ones. Some cartridges will result in “low ink” warnings, others will just quit printing properly, after only a few uses - if the caretridge isn’t used regularly. The problem is that the ink dries or […]