TreeTop vs. Mott's

Many of us have heard stories about dangerous food ingredients from China. Not too long ago, as my children and I were looking bottles of Apple juice by TreeTop and Mott's. On the TreeTop bottles, they stated "CONC from USA, China, Argentina". As on the Mott's bottles, they stated "Concentration from USA, Argentina". So, exactly where do they get their ingredients from and I decided to contact them and asked.

From the respective website, I sent a polite message to inquiry about the source of their Apple Concentrate. No surprise. I got an automated response immediately that someone will get back to me soon. "We'll see", I thought.

On the very next day, I got a very pleasant surprised response from TreeTop with a detail and personal reply from their Corporate Quality Services and Consumer Affair that they are using 100% USA grown apples from the Pacific Northwest. They explained that depending on the crops for the year and the do acquire from China and Argentina. They are to use only USA grown apples for their 64 oz bottle.

That was the best and the most professional explanation that I've ever seen. Not to mention how fast it came.

But for Mott's, still waiting for an response.

Since then, our family has switched exclusive to TreeTop. I am telling anyone who is concern about food ingredient to consider buying TreeTop. Trust me. I don't work for or have any association with TreeTop. But for a company that is socially responsible and great customer service, we, the consumers, would reward them anyway that we can. Their products might be 10 or 20 cents more, and their profit might be a few cents less. That is why they need those that care about food safety to support them anyway we can. Please pass the words around.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Review

I watched "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" last weekend and was very much disappointed. I imagine it must be very hard to make a 5-hours movie out of a book. The movie went very very slow with every little detail that would have skipped over in previous movie. The scenery was great and all, but there were no action and the storyline hardly moved at all.

Now, granted, the first half of the story was slow in the book also, but it is the movie maker that decided to split the book into 2 movies. They ought to create some more scene to make it more exciting, wouldn't it. Unless you have read the book, otherwise, this movie didn't even make sense at all.

So, the best way for me to describe the movie is this. You are promised a great meal at a great restaurant. You showed up, and was served wonderful drinks, soap, salad, and bread for two-and-a-half hour. Then, the waiter came by and said "If you like to enjoy the rest of the dinner and our wonderful entree, you need to come back in 6 months."

Sorry, only 2-stars from me.