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Most Balsamic Vinegar in the USA is FAKE, Here's How To Know The Difference

Balsamic vinegar of Modeno — the ones we find at most grocery stores— is “commercial grade” balsamic vinegar. In other words, it is fake balsamic vinegar. In most cases, the balsamic vinegar we get is just grape juice with just a little bit of vinegar, artificial coloring and caramel.

So, what is real balsamic vinegar?

Real balsamic vinegar is a strictly regulated European product. Balsamic Vinegar is produced from white grapes (typically, Trebbiano grapes) and must be aged at least 12 years. True balsamic vinegar will have a thick pouring consistency. Real balsamic vinegar is not made from grape juice that is fermented into wine, like conventional wine vinegar. Instead, it is made from unfermented grape must (freshly-pressed juice), which is concentrated by simmering for hours until it becomes a thick, caramelized syrup. (Thus, authentic balsamic is not a wine vinegar.) Unfortunately, with weak American labeling laws, it is really hard to tell what you are getting. The words “of modena” or “di modena” really mean the modern, fake process of mixing wine vinegar with grape must. If you only pay $5 an ounce, your balsamic vinegar is probably fake.

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena must be produced within the town of Modena in Italy. It was granted a protected designation of origin (PDO) by the European Union in 2000 (Council Regulation (EC) No 813/2000, April 17, 2000).

"Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena” is made from white and sugary Trebbianograpes grown on the hills around Modena. Custom demands that the grapes are harvested as late as possible to take advantage of the warmth that nature provides there. This traditional vinegar is made from the cooked grape “must” and is aged for a minimum of 12 years or 25 years (denoted by the label claim “extra aged”). The aging process occurs inside barrels of successively smaller size of different kinds of wood, such as juniper, chesnut, mulberry and oak.

Balsamic vinegars produced domestically in the United States are made from wine vinegar blended with grape juice or grape “must”. Caramel may be added in small levels for color stability. Some juice may be subjected to an alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentation and some to concentration or heating. In the United States, products are also allowed to be labeled as “Balsamic Vinegar” based on the U.S. labeling laws.

How To Tell if Balsamic Vinegar Is Real

Unfortunately, most people have never had real balsamic vinegar as it is very expensive, going for over $100 for 3oz. However, you can still use buy high quality balsamic vinegar in America.

It’s really simple. Look at the list of ingredients on the balsamic bottle label. The key is to look at the ingredients list for the words “grape must”, “aged grape must,” or “Mosto d’Uva.” This is vinegar that is made 100% from grape must without any other ingredients added and follows a similar method of production as the traditional balsamic. DO not buy balsamic vinegar with added caramel coloring and sugar. These are the lowest quality industrially produced balsamic vinegars.

10 Foods Made in China That Are Filled With Plastic, Pesticides and Cancer Causing Chemicals

Many parts of China are actually known for their fine cuisine, but its food industry has taken a lot of heat lately for its troubling lack of standards (and for good reason).

People everywhere are avoiding food imports from China, and it’s easy to understand why.

For years, China has been inventive in creating outrageously-toxic fake products and food items. While there is no evidence that the vast majority of these products is being sold in the United States, sites such as eBay and some vendors on Amazon.com have been seen selling food that sometimes openly, sometimes discreetly are being made and often shipped straight from the country.

The list below is just ten examples of illegal counterfeit food product from China, that may make you think twice about purchasing food from online sources that ship from across the ocean.

1. Imitation Eggs

Some Chinese websites have come out with instructional videos on how to make $70 a day by producing and selling fake eggs. The chemicals that are required are “Alginic Acid, Potassium Alum, Gelatin, Calcium Chloride, water and artificial color.” The eggshells are made from Calcium Carbonate. Eating these eggs may cause memory-loss and dementia.

Source: InventorSpot.com

2. Walnuts stuffed with cement

In 2012 a man purchased shelled walnuts in Zhengzhou city, China only to find broken concrete pieces inside. The concrete was wrapped in paper to prevent it from making a suspicious noise when the nut was shaken. The vendor who sold the walnuts was trying to gain more profit by selling these fake nuts that were much heavier than the real thing. More photos are shown at this Chinese news site.

Source: news.163.com

3. Making beef out of pork

Because pork is less expensive in China, some restaurants have sold it instead of beef – but not before they performed some chemistry on it. What they use are a beef extract and a glazing agent to “marinate” the meat in for 90 minutes. Doctors have advised people to stay away from this fake product as its long-term use may cause “slow poisoning, deformity, and even cancer.”

Source: ChinaSmack.com

4. Fake green peas

In 2005, fake peas were found in Hunan province, China. According to a local newspaper, the peas were still hard after boiling, yet turned the water unnatural green color. The fake peas were reported to be very profitable, and one of the illegal workshop was producing them for three years before it was investigated.The fake peas were created with snow peas and soy beans, added with green dye and sodium metabisulfite (used as bleach and preservative). This dye is forbidden to use on produce because it may cause cancer, as well as obstruct the body’s ability to absorb calcium.

“Such toxic artificial green peas have been found in Hunan and Guangdong before, but it looks like the news didn’t catch enough attention from the officials,” said Sang Liwei, a Beijing-based food safety expert.

In China, officials only label a case a “food safety incident” when at least one person dies as the result of it, according to the source.

“In cases like this, where the danger only lies in possible long-term diseases caused by the misuse of additives, it’s not surprising to see lagged handlings,” said Sang Liwei.

Source: China.org.cn

5. Baby formula

In 2004, 47 people were accused of producing fake instant baby formula that led to dozens of children dying in Fuyang, China, reported CBS News. The formula contained very few nutrients, was likely made of chalk, and made the children develop a “big head disease,” which made their heads swell and the rest of their bodies slowly deteriorate.

6. Industrial salt sold as table salt

Industrial salt is labeled “unfit for human consumption.” Yet it is much cheaper, which is why 788 tons of it was sold by at least 12 people over the course of 13 years as table salt. The industrial salt can cause mental and physical issues, such as hypothyroid problems and reproductive system disorders.

7. Mud sold as black pepper

A market vendor in China’s Guangdong Province collected local mud and sold it as black pepper, while their white pepper was mainly made out of flour. His excuse for justifying selling these fake items was that they “would not kill people.”

Considering that fake foods in China do not get investigated until someone dies, how many more items are sold made of fake items and chemicals because they “would not kill people.” At least, not immediately.

8. Fake Sweet Potato Noodles

A facility in Zhongshan city, China made at least 5.5 tons of fake noodles. In 2011, people started complaining that what were supposed to be sweet potato noodles tasted strange. Further investigation led to a revelation that the noodles were composed of corn with an industrial ink used to give them a purple color, and paraffin wax.

9. Fake Ginseng

Ginseng root is a popular medicinal plant, used as a tonic in China for over 3,000 years. According to BON TV, prices for ginseng have increased rapidly, pushing many ginseng retailers to figure out a way to keep making profit. Their solution was to boil the roots in sugar, which makes them much heavier and therefore more profitable.

Chinese medicine expert from the National Institute for Food and Drug Control Wei Feng said this is problematic, not only because the retailers are ripping-off the customers, but also because boiling ginseng in sugar might strip it from most of its medicinal values. The test showed that while natural ginseng has 20% content of sugar, this fake one is up to 70% sugar. “It can do little to improve people’s health,” Wei Feng said.

10. Plastic Rice

Huge amounts of fake rice has been seized in China, and it is believed that much of it is produced from potatoes combined with a synthetic resin. Just like the peas, the rice stayed hard after boiling. Also like the peas, its long-term consumption could cause cancer.

The goal? To make money, of course, as scam artists have been imitating a popular type of Chinese rice called “Wuchang.”

The full report on plastic rice from China can be read here.

Here’s Proof That The Mainstream Music Industry Is Completely Fake

We all know that our favourite artists have great voices right? Wrong! This video from RT, reveals just how corrupt the music industry really is and how anyone can sound like a professional.

We also recently posted a video, After Watching This, You Will Never Trust Your Television Again which shows how easy it is for them to manipulate what they want us to see and another video, More Proof That News is Controlled by a Central Script Writer.

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Most Balsamic Vinegar in the USA is FAKE, Here's How To Know The Difference

How To Tell if Balsamic Vinegar Is Real

10 Foods Made in China That Are Filled With Plastic, Pesticides and Cancer Causing Chemicals

Here’s Proof That The Mainstream Music Industry Is Completely Fake