I just read an article about a famous spaghetti sauce, Prego in Facebook, written by Tok Wan this afternoon. It piqued my interest as I like eating spaghetti and the pasta paste added in it is always from the Prego brand.
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| Prego - spaghetti paste |
Among the interesting lines quoted from the article:
Anak saya Kamal makan sampai dua pinggan, sedap sangat spegetti Ummi masak dan kebetulan pula memang favouritenya, saya cuma sepinggan kecil sekadar nak rasa. Setahu saya sauce speghetti biasanya tomato dan kadang-kala ada mushrooms tetapi yang ini lain sedikit......
saya pun bergegas ke dapur, pergi lihat botol sauce yang diberi nama Italian Sausage for Speghetti keluaran PREGGO made in USA ..
translation (by myself):
My son Kamal ate till 2 plates (of spaghetti), mum's cooking is delicious and spaghetti is so happen to be his favourite, whereas I only ate a plate (of spaghetti). As far as I know, spaghetti paste usually consists of tomato (paste) and sometime got mushroom, but this one (Prego) is a bit different.
I rushed to the kitchen to check on the (Prego) bottle which was named Italian sausage for the spaghetti product of Prego in USA.
Suddenly, saw (the words) INGREDIENTS: tomato, ... minced pork!
side note: pig's meat is called pork, we never call it pork meat. Here, it seems that the writer of the note is a bit suspicious to include the word meat, at least those Westerners would hardly use wrong grammar in a label which is distributed through out the world. I doubt if he really copy it 100% exactly from the label. However, I'm not suggesting if he made it up.
A sudden strange feeling rushed to my head since I ate spaghetti this morning. I quickly raced too the fridge to find out the truth. I check on the label thoroughly and took a few pictures. Here there are:
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| Prego - front view (click on the pic for a better view) |
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| Prego - side view (click on the pic for a better view) |
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| Prego - side view (click on the pic for a better view) |
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| Prego - Ingredients (note that no pork mentioned) |
By comparing the pictures taken by my camera and the note, you'll notice that there's no such thing as minced pork in Prego, at least not the Prego spaghetti paste I bought. It's a really bad habit to spread rumours, however, it's always good to be precautious of whatever we eat. Think twice and check thoroughly for details first before we speak of something, like a Chinese proverb saying, once spoken, it's hard to get back our words.
This reminded me of the recent rumours spread across the internet regarding the Indonesian instant noodle, Indomie containing cosmetic ingredients, which was later proven wrong by the Health Ministry of Malaysia according to the Star Online.
Too many rumours lately, it makes me wonder how true is this world. Is it so hard to remain being truthful?
