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random thought:
I wonder if anyone's ever put ranch dressing in a milkshake.
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Per the ingredient list, Kroger's Simple Truth Chocolate Oat Milk contains cane sugar. I don't see any other sweeteners listed:
Yet it has an intensely sweet flavor like an artificial sweetener or stevia. I dislike it. It doesn't taste good to drink on it's own, so I've put it on my breakfast cereal for the last few days. Today I've put it in a milkshake. Yet even that way, the unpleasant flavor is still unpleasant. I will throw the rest away, which is quite unlike me.
Per this page: Guidelines for Natural Flavor Labeling with Stevia,
stevia can be included as a "natural flavor" in some cases without being listed by name.
So I strongly suspect this oatmilk product contains stevia. I am contacting Kroger's customer support to find out.
Updated to add more links:
How would you list Stevia on a supplement facts panel (Oct 2018)
We just recently received a letter from the FDA saying that Stevia is not approved as a food additive and states "It must be one of the approved forms (rebaudioside A, for example)."...
Stevia doesn't have to be listed as an ingredient now? (July 2020)
New stevia extract ingredient can be labeled as natural flavor (May 2019)
...have introduced a glycosylated stevia extract called Zolesse that may be labeled as a natural flavor under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s definition.
I wonder if anyone's ever put ranch dressing in a milkshake.
.
Per the ingredient list, Kroger's Simple Truth Chocolate Oat Milk contains cane sugar. I don't see any other sweeteners listed:
OAT BEVERAGE (FILTERED WATER, OATS), CANE SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: HI OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SEA SALT, GELLAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ERGOCALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D2), RIBOFLAVIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)
Yet it has an intensely sweet flavor like an artificial sweetener or stevia. I dislike it. It doesn't taste good to drink on it's own, so I've put it on my breakfast cereal for the last few days. Today I've put it in a milkshake. Yet even that way, the unpleasant flavor is still unpleasant. I will throw the rest away, which is quite unlike me.
Per this page: Guidelines for Natural Flavor Labeling with Stevia,
stevia can be included as a "natural flavor" in some cases without being listed by name.
So I strongly suspect this oatmilk product contains stevia. I am contacting Kroger's customer support to find out.
Updated to add more links:
How would you list Stevia on a supplement facts panel (Oct 2018)
We just recently received a letter from the FDA saying that Stevia is not approved as a food additive and states "It must be one of the approved forms (rebaudioside A, for example)."...
Stevia doesn't have to be listed as an ingredient now? (July 2020)
New stevia extract ingredient can be labeled as natural flavor (May 2019)
...have introduced a glycosylated stevia extract called Zolesse that may be labeled as a natural flavor under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s definition.