{"id":19447,"date":"2025-07-14T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/tangy-kimchi-bad-ice-cream-and-good-eggs-my-tests-for-the-food-filter-have-changed-how-i-shop\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:37:31","slug":"tangy-kimchi-bad-ice-cream-and-good-eggs-my-tests-for-the-food-filter-have-changed-how-i-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/tangy-kimchi-bad-ice-cream-and-good-eggs-my-tests-for-the-food-filter-have-changed-how-i-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tangy kimchi, bad ice-cream and good eggs: my tests for the food filter have changed how I shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping cool<\/p>\n

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My favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastes strawberries and cheese. Closing his eyes, he takes a bite \u2026 and it\u2019s fireworks. Like Remy, I\u2019m a food lover: I\u2019m a chef and recipe developer, writer and campaigner for a better food system, and have worked on farms and in kitchens, from River Cottage to Noma, for 25 years.<\/p>\n

Recently, I\u2019ve been testing different supermarket staples for the food filter<\/a>. Tasting 10 of each, I\u2019ve rated everything from kimchi<\/a> (as an avid fermenter, my favourite so far) to mayonnaise<\/a> \u2013 70 products in all. Vanilla ice-cream (coming up next week) was my least favourite: at least 50% of it was ultra-processed rubbish not even worthy of the name. <\/strong>It gave me stomach ache.<\/p>\n

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\nTasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping cool
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\nMy favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastes strawberries and cheese. Closing his eyes, he takes a bite \u2026 and it\u2019s fireworks. Like Remy, I\u2019m a food lover: I\u2019m a chef and recipe developer, writer and campaigner for a better food system, and have worked on farms and in kitchens, from River Cottage to Noma, for 25 years.
\nRecently, I\u2019ve been testing different supermarket staples for the food filter. Tasting 10 of each, I\u2019ve rated everything from kimchi (as an avid fermenter, my favourite so far) to mayonnaise \u2013 70 products in all. Vanilla ice-cream (coming up next week) was my least favourite: at least 50% of it was ultra-processed rubbish not even worthy of the name. It gave me stomach ache.
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Tasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping cool \u2022 Don\u2019t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here My favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastes strawberries and cheese. Closing his eyes, he takes a …<\/p>\n

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