Ever since I found out McDonalds contains beef fat in their fries and are not halal, I’ve hardly gone to eat there. A filet-o-fish is not the same without their fries. Their french fries were the best! I was in a hurry today and saw a Mcdonalds on the way, so I stopped there for lunch. I debated what I should get besides just a fish sandwich. I don’t eat meat that’s not halal or [...]

Growing up  in America, there are a few candies that I could not eat due to them containing gelatin, which in most cases is derived from pork sources. Skittles and Starbursts are among those candies.  Well the other day I was at Costco. Just randomly, I decided to check the ingredients of the Skittles box. I was hoping that by some miracle, they changed their gelatin to “kosher gelatin”.  To my amazement, the skittles package [...]

Is it just me or doesn’t vitaminwater (the 10 calorie version) have a strong aftertaste? I recently bought a big pack of vitaminwater from costco (like 24 bottles). It comes in 3 different flavors (energy/citrus, pomegranate, and lemonade). the first time i sipped one, which was the pomegranate flavor, i’m like ‘ughh…this almost tastes like the regular version but not quite and with a strong aftertaste.’ it’s like a similar aftertaste you get from diet [...]