Is the secret out?


#1

I’m seeing signs that the secret is out. Birdseye is producing mashed cauliflower and zucchini pasta. Trader Joe’s is rationing cauliflower rice in some stores (granted, maybe because it’s gluten free, not because it’s keto). Pork belly prices are climbing due to significantly increased demand (WSJ this weekend) for bacon.

We know this thing is taking off, and I’m sure ketofest will have helped. I wonder what happens when keto hits a tipping point.


#2

Im 24. I seriously hope/dream that in some 10 or 20 years Keto will be seen as “normal” and common as vegetarianism, with keto Options everywhere in Restaurants and bars and so on


(Susan) #3

Saw that this morning about the pork belly prices, can’t believe I’m starting a 5th week of keto and this happens, lol. Noticed today when looking through newspaper coupons that SpecialK has a crustless quiche in the frozen food section–something’s going on :slight_smile:


(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #4

Hummm, rice is naturally gluten free. I hate it when packages say gluten free on something that would never, ever, never have gluten in it in the first place. I could see saying that on non wheat pastas, but the cauli-rice?

I have noticed that lots of places don’t mind serving you naked burgers these days. So either lc or gluten free or both is becoming more main stream. Got to love that.


(jilliangordona) #5

I used to hate these labels too… however the more I thought about it the more I get it. Ya know how we pick up items that seem keto-safe because they say low carb or sugar free, only to read the ingredients and find that there is something on the keto no no list such as maltodextrin? Same thing goes for some items that should be gluten free… but many things like cauliflower rice that are packaged and process may have added gluten by-products in the ingredients.

My biggest pet peeve with this has always been when they have a gluten free label on milk. However… just a few weeks ago a study came out saying 7% of the population believes chocolate milk comes from brown cows…


(Doug) #6

We need more piggies.


(G. Andrew Duthie) #7

Might take some time, but the beauty of higher prices is that it will encourage increased supply. May take time to level out, but it will eventually.


(Doug) #8

6 years ago the Chicago Mercantile Exchange quit trading pork belly futures. Volume had been dwindling and it was no surprise that the trading stopped, but it marked the end of a market rich in lore, 50 years of high volatility - there were times the "sell 'em or smell 'em" fundamental seemed to apply. The market was often thought of as commodity traders’ “Las Vegas,” due to the fast up and down price movement. Farewell, bellies… :cry:

Used to be that frozen stocks increased during the Northern Hemisphere winter, and then declined during the warm summer months as bacon usage increased - a lot of it due to people making Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwiches. I imagine the demand will be more constant now.


(Mel Soule) #9

Very true on the magnetism of increased potential profits. Industrial pig production is very well organized to take advantage of it at scale. Good news is the sow can have two litters per year.