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Message: <blockquote data-quote="uart" data-source="post: 789882" data-attributes="member: 41696">Yeah the ones in the shell are great. No added "mystery" vegetable oil and no salt (I don't mind salt, but sometimes salted nuts have more than I like.)  Also when I buy them like that I can usually get locally grown product, whereas most shelled/salted/packed ones are from a mystery country of origin - prolly China.BTW. We have really good food labelling laws here in Australia<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?    o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />  They're are supposed to list country of origin on the package for all food items, but for some reason they can effectively get away with listing "Country of origin: Anywhere we f#*^ing want! And we're not telling you" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />. Ok well it's actually "packed in Australia from local and/or imported ingredients", but it means exactly the same thing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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