is sulphur dioxide bad?

[loltolhurst]

gonna have curry tonight but am trying sainsburys curry sauce which was 4p yes 4p for a large jar! looks to have all natural ingredients bar sulphur dioxide - is this a common additive or should i stop being so cheap and buy / make a real one!

[RizzoTheRat]

Well it's one of the main causes of acid rain (via sulpher being burned as an impurity in fossil fuels). I think it gets used a fair bit in the food industry though, both as a preservative and for sterilising equipment.

[sherman]

Its used widely as a preservative in the food industry. It is why when you open a sealed box of meat from a supermarket the first smell you get can be a bit like the meat is off.

[smack]

loltolhurst said:

gonna have curry tonight but am trying sainsburys curry sauce which was 4p yes 4p for a large jar!

Can you make a jar, label a jar, transport a jar, and put that jar on a shelf, for 4p? Let alone fill it with product?

[Pferdestarke]

smack said:

loltolhurst said:

gonna have curry tonight but am trying sainsburys curry sauce which was 4p yes 4p for a large jar!

Can you make a jar, label a jar, transport a jar, and put that jar on a shelf, for 4p? Let alone fill it with product?

A loss-leader perhaps? I'm sure it won't be the only thing in his trolley.

[OllieWinchester]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Discussion on the 4p curry sauce here. I've still got some jars in my cupboard.

[uncinqsix]

Sulpher dioxide is also known as preservative #220, and is found in pretty much every bottle of wine you buy. How bad can it be?

[loltolhurst]

uncinqsix said:

Sulpher dioxide is also known as preservative #220, and is found in pretty much every bottle of wine you buy. How bad can it be?

fair enough! ps why do they not put ingredients on wine??

[sherman]

They do its on the front of the bottle just under the vineyards name. Its called the grape variety.

HTH

They do also on the labels have iin very small writing down the bottom 'contains sulphites'

Edited by sherman on Tuesday 13th October 01:57

[loltolhurst]

sherman said:

They do its on the front of the bottle just under the vineyards name. Its called the grape variety.

HTH

didnt know sulphur dioxide was a grape..

[uncinqsix]

Here in NZ at least, the lable always says "Contains preservatives (220)" or something similar. I suppose the fact it contains grapes is a given, and there are laws against adding sugar or other nasties.

[CR0X]

can they make a jar of curry for 4p? The question is more, can you make a glass jar for 4p? The answer simply is no ... you can't.

[Simpo Two]

loltolhurst said:

fair enough! ps why do they not put ingredients on wine??

Additves aside, the chemical composition of wine is so incredibly complex that you'd simply get a list of very long organic molecules that you'd never heard of, and so would be none the wiser!