Sometime it is not so simple to identify the authenticity of the food we buy. In fact all the main grouceries like to put strange labels reporting false and misleading information regarding the origin of the product.
In reality it is very simple to check the origin of the food we buy at the supermarket, the only thing you have to do is reading the bar code printed on the back of the package. The first part – that usually is put on the left before the industry manufacturing and the item number – tells us where the product has been made.
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
690-695 ~ China
740 ~ 745 – Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
80 ~ Italy
Recently I discovered a web site entirely dedicated to Italian food. The products are authentic and you can also identify the Italian Region that they are typical of. Check it out:
http://www.nifeislife.com/
Enjoy your food responsibly
