Strawberry fruit spreads: up to eight pesticides in one product
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pesticides and too much sugar spoil the sweet breakfast treat: two products in the test even contain traces of eight different pesticides - including two products that ÖKO-TEST classifies as particularly questionable. Nevertheless, more than half of the strawberry fruit spreads in the test are recommendable from the consumer advocates' point of view.
ÖKO-TEST tested 25 strawberry fruit spreads - including nine organic products. ÖKO-TEST rated all the organic strawberry spreads in the test and some of the conventional products as "very good" or "good".
There was criticism for pesticides and too much sugar. Mövenpick Gourmet Breakfast Strawberry and Grandessa Strawberry Spread, 75% fruit from Aldi both contain traces of eight different pesticides - including the fungicide cyprodinil, which, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), can influence or disrupt our hormone system.
According to ÖKO-TEST, both products also contain too much sugar. The consumer advocates based their assessment on the WHO recommendation. For example, an adult consuming 30 grams of the Mövenpick fruit spread, which contains the most sugar in the test, already consumes more than 50 percent of the daily recommendation - the same applies to the other spreads criticized in the test. As breakfast is unlikely to be the only source of sugar during the day, ÖKO-TEST believes that this is too much. Both the Mövenpick and Grandessa spreads failed the test with "poor".
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Topic world Food safety
Food safety is at the heart of the food and beverage industry. It ensures that the food we eat every day is not only nutritious, but also free of harmful contaminants. From field to plate, the industry monitors and regulates every step of the process with strict quality controls, advanced testing methods and continuous research.