New Find~ Lorenz: Naturals (Sea Salt & Pepper)

While I was grocery shopping with my dad last Thursday (May 16, 2013) in SM Savemore, I felt so happy to find a product called Naturals from Lorenz. In the Phillippines, it's distributed by Goodway Int'l Trading Corp. in Quezon City. The flavor was Sea Salt and Pepper- made with all natural ingredients. Well, the truth is, the reason why I was excited with it was because of the quality and its price. Imported goods usually cost 80-100PHP. This one only costs less than 30PHP even if it was made in Germany~ Similarly priced as artificially flavored local snacks in the market. Very competitive, right? I munched on it with my dad while paying at the cashier, it tasted very good!

I'm sure that the people who buy non-artificially flavored snacks are as gleeful as I am!

I'm really pleased yet at the same time, not surprised. The truth is, as some of us may know, some companies have to raise their prices when they can actually give it at a cheaper price. FYI to anyone who's interested... When Lacoste first opened, they lost sales because they didn't have a high price. After they started aiming for a higher price range and market, people started buying. Now, they are quite popular, aren't they? The reality is, some people associate price with quality more than actually reading the package and discerning what they buy. I hope we can really be more capable of getting quality goods at the right prices. (Oh, if anyone has tips and tricks about great bargains, I'd love to know~)

I'm optimistic that a little more into the future, these organic and safer food products will be priced for the masses. I mean, it's not even supposed to be a privilege to eat safe food. It's supposed to be basic. Of course, businesses can't really drive the prices down, consumers also have to cooperate because they might close down if they're not earning enough. Hopefully, people can be more active in spreading something great because when there's more demand, prices usually go down, as economics would say...

Last note! If you know great items at the right price, feel free to post it here~ <3

My Grandma Peanut Butters

I love food! Really, it's so amazing how the mouth just takes in that first bite and those blissful feelings of happiness come to me. That is, if I find it appealing!

Being a young old-minded person that I am, I'm crazily obsessed about looking for more natural products. A lot of people don't really seem to care if there's too much MSG, food coloring, preservatives and artificial flavoring thrown into what we put in our mouths since they come out anyway... But, well, they do have their consequences. Perhaps not now, but, maybe years after when we've got one leg amputated because of diabetes or something like that, maybe then we'd think things through and say, "Hmm... I think I shouldn't have eaten that too much, that one too & well, I guess that one also..."

I used to think that peanut butters that were oily were bad. I mean, in my house, we put tissue papers in pork-chops to get rid of the oil. I talked to one of my friends who made homemade peanut butters that finally confirmed that natural peanut butters in the market do no have the same consistency as theirs. Which means one thing, dum-dum-dum... Yes, we have to take out some of the oil before we eat it. For those who don't mind the oil, trick here is to mix it then place it in the fridge to stop the oil from settling on top.

Anyway, going to the real focus of the story, I'd just like to give the limelight to my two most favorite peanut butters as of this moment.

1) Lily's Peanut Butter

Ingredients: Peanuts, Cane Sugar & Iodized Salt. 

Price is also relatively affordable for Filipinos since it's a local product. This can be seen in Filipino stores in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, Hongkong, UAE and more!

2) Laura Scudder's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter

Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt (1% or less).

I guess this one's a little expensive since it's imported. My dad bought it from S&R because it was on sale. Nevertheless, it says in Wikipedia that the owner "[A]t one point, [...] turned down a $9 million offer for the company because the buyer wouldn't guarantee her employees' jobs. In 1957 she finally accepted a $6 million offer from a buyer who guaranteed job security for her workforce."  Unfortunately, the owner of the company is already gone (a.k.a. she has passed away). As for how the story went on, it's still open ended!

I do hope that there will be more "inspiring" entrepreneurs that lead the generation~ No I'm off to grab a bite of peanut butter sandwich!

Image Source: 
* Lily's Peanut Butter
* Laura Scudder's Peanut Butter

Source:
Laura Scudder's and Lily's official websites.

Erratum:
Sept. 17, 2013: Updated the third paragraph with information regarding peanut butter's consistency.