We try to buy Australian made products and produce but sometimes when in hurry I don’t have time to check labels

annoying

Label reading is so time consuming and then sometimes even misleading.

thats why i grow most of my stuff

fresh garlic from here on!

it can be so hard to get Australian grown

I also buy fresh garlic and do prefer it. But for getting dinner on quickly, garlic paste and frozen Australian chopped onion really are time savers.

i find this happens quite a lot

Yeah, the label very small, need to read carefully. I prefer to buy fresh garlic.

i really need to start checking lables, I have always tried to support local, but to be honest, have never really checked to make sure, only go by the front if they have that kangaroo

If only more things were local!

It is getting harder and harder to find locally made products. I think everything needs to have Australian made on a big label on the front and only if the ingredients are grown and made in Australia. If they cannot pass both then they don’t qualify for the label. It would make it so easy.

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  • • mel1 replied
    • 07 May 2014 , 10:09 am

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  Absolutely agree with Tilly. Its is so time consuming to do shopping when you try to check labels and then have to try interpret what is actually made in Australia from Australian produce anyway. I realise so items need to be imported and I’m fine with that. I just want to know from where so I can make informed decisions about what my family is eating.

it is sad to think that alot of what we thought was Australian made no longer is. Almost every thing you look at has been out sourced

i never check labels but will start from now on. especially when our farmers are suffering as it is with drought

Yup very sneaky. I guess is just all about profit for the big companies these days!

Thanks for the info. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for the Woolworths brand when I go there (and I’ll be checking the labels in future too).

I have actually noticed the same on the back of the crushed garlic that I buy and am quite perplexed as to why this would be so.

Hi Aussiemum, I was in Woolworths and so switched to the Woolworths brand Australian garlic paste from the fresh produce area. Very disappointed with the other, which was the Gourmet Garden chunky garlic in the tube.

Hi Melina – I absolutely cannot agree with you more. I’ve just started working for a company who only sells Australian made organic products and even they have trouble sourcing products that are guaranteed to be grown in Australia. I won’t mention their name, because I don’t want people to think that this is a shameless plug for my company. They don’t sell garlic though. Out of interest, what brand did you switch to?

it will be interesting to know their response.