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<blockquote data-quote="Isaac Jordan" data-source="post: 897745" data-attributes="member: 3810">Fresh, wild-caught salmon is going to be MUCH more expensive than canned sardines. Even frozen wild salmon (the next best option) or fresh tuna/mahi/tilapia is still going to cost a good bit more. Plus, canned sardines require zero prep work, very little clean up, have a much longer shelf life, and are easier to buy in bulk for even further cost savings.There's a difference between &quot;processed food,&quot; which generally refers to food that's been altered from its natural state to improve the look/taste/shelf life, and food that has simply been processed in some fashion (e.g. put into a can and sealed). The former includes food that has been stuffed full of fillers, binders, preservatives, sugar/HFCS, vegetable oils, etc. Just about anything that comes in a box, includes more than a handful of ingredients, or is found within the center of the grocery store (outside the meat/dairy/produce periphery) would be considered &quot;processed food&quot;.For example, take a look at the ingredients list of a &quot;Kraft Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product&quot;:MILK, WHEY, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILKFAT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES, ANNATTO AND PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), VITAMIN D3.Compare that to the ingredients list of &quot;Kerrygold's 100% Aged Cheddar&quot;:PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES AND ENZYMESOne of those is food. The other is &quot;processed food&quot;. Now, when Kerrygold cuts the cheese into blocks, wraps them in plastic, and ships them to your grocery store, one could consider that chain of events &quot;processing.&quot; But that doesn't mean my Kerrygold cheese is considered &quot;processed food.&quot;Same goes for sardines. The only ingredients listed for my Wild Planet Sardines in Olive Oil are sardines, extra virgin olive oil, water, sea salt, and aqueous natural smoke. Definitely not &quot;processed food.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Isaac Jordan, post: 897745, member: 3810"] Fresh, wild-caught salmon is going to be MUCH more expensive than canned sardines. Even frozen wild salmon (the next best option) or fresh tuna/mahi/tilapia is still going to cost a good bit more. Plus, canned sardines require zero prep work, very little clean up, have a much longer shelf life, and are easier to buy in bulk for even further cost savings. There's a difference between "processed food," which generally refers to food that's been altered from its natural state to improve the look/taste/shelf life, and food that has simply been processed in some fashion (e.g. put into a can and sealed). The former includes food that has been stuffed full of fillers, binders, preservatives, sugar/HFCS, vegetable oils, etc. Just about anything that comes in a box, includes more than a handful of ingredients, or is found within the center of the grocery store (outside the meat/dairy/produce periphery) would be considered "processed food". For example, take a look at the ingredients list of a "Kraft Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product": [i]MILK, WHEY, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILKFAT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES, ANNATTO AND PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), VITAMIN D3.[/i] Compare that to the ingredients list of "Kerrygold's 100% Aged Cheddar": [i]PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES AND ENZYMES[/i] One of those is food. The other is "processed food". Now, when Kerrygold cuts the cheese into blocks, wraps them in plastic, and ships them to your grocery store, one could consider that chain of events "processing." But that doesn't mean my Kerrygold cheese is considered "processed food." Same goes for sardines. The only ingredients listed for my Wild Planet Sardines in Olive Oil are sardines, extra virgin olive oil, water, sea salt, and aqueous natural smoke. Definitely not "processed food." [/QUOTE]

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