[katezbox]

Sunday,

Thank you for your input. My knowledge also comes from an F&B professional (on the operations side of things) who takes a different point of view from you. And, I confess to some hyperbole...

But as someone who has significant food sensitivities to the sodium preservatives (and I say sensitivity not allergies because I merely swell up and get nasty hives/red patches as opposed to my breathing actually stopping).I avoid prepared foods like the plague. For the same reason, I avoid most buffets, because, in my knowledge (gained mostly from buffets in MB, Vegas, and at more conventions than I can count), the preservatives runneth over...

Thank you for your expertise....