Pearl Milling is Canadian. I've been using it since the first tariff wave. It's just as good. Yes, I'm back to turning "Product of USA" upside down.

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[–] 43 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I did a quick google. Hope this helps people’s choices

"Made in Canada" means that at least 51% of the product's costs originate in Canada and the last substantial transformation occurred there. In contrast, "Product of Canada" requires that 98% of the product's materials and production be of Canadian origin.

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  • [–] [S] 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Thank you to all for the education. So, "Product of Canada", might be owned by Americans? How can Canadians tell the difference??

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You need to a) check to see where the product is made - your "Product of Canada" label does that part - you then need to b) check to see who owns the parent company. For example, Canadians love Habitant soups - Habitant soups are a) made in the US and b) owned by Campbells which is an American company so that one strikes out on two fronts.
    It's not easy and requires a lot of research but as you become more and more familiar with which brands are truly Canadian (i.e. - made in Canada and owned by Canadians) it becomes easier to buy Canadian.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    They ruined Habitant, it's pretty terrible now, you aren't missing out.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    We need new labels: Who is profiting from this product???

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago

    We do - we need something like Australia has where they show how Australian a product is (made there by a foreign company, made elsewhere by an Australian company, made there by an Australian company) - their labels even show the percentage of ingredients that come from Australia - we are nowhere close (yet!) to that level of transparency mostly because NAFTA and CUSMA have made it something people didn't care about it - until now :)

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  • [–] 25 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Pearl Milling Company is a brand owned by PepsiCo, so I don't think it's any more Canadian than the others?

    No Name and President's Choice being the Loblaws store brands would arguably make them more Canadian (though the companies making the white-label products might be American).

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    This picture was taken in "No Frills" today. The only box that said Product of Canada was Pearl Milling. All the other brands said Product of USA.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Product of Canada just means "made in Canada" - so by that definition Pepsi is a Product of Canada since the Pepsi products sold on the shelves here are manufactured in Canadian plants but said plants are owned by PepsiCo

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  • [–] 22 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Pearl Milling Company products are just a rebrand from Aunt Jemima.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Ok then. Just did some research. WTF?? So, Product of Canada does NOT mean what we think. I think we need new guidelines: Product of Canada needs to mean: Canadian Company. And, thank you to all for the education! Most appreciated!

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    The only effective enforcement is us voting with our wallets anyways.

    Plus standardizing is also kinda pointless cuz people are drawing their own lines. Like if you live near a Canadian manufacturing plant that makes an American branded product you'll probably be more inclined to purchase those brands that are at least produced here, if not fully owned.

    Meanwhile others are going eschew everything not 100% Canadian.

    I think naming and shaming brands that deceptively adopt Canadian branding is the best way forward.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Agreed. But when a package says: Product of Canada, and then I find out the profits are actually going to the USA?? WTF?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    "Product of Canada" means the manufacturing happened in Canada and the majority of ingredients are of Canadian origin. It does not have any relevance to who owns the company.

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    For me , purchasing decisions happen on a sliding scale with "product of Canada, Canadian owned company" at the top of the scale, and "made in USA" at the bottom.

    But between those extremes there are things like: "made in Canada by foreign owned company", "made using Canadian ingredients", and "made in any country that isn't the USA" which can be acceptable choices if a better category isn't available.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago

    Pearl Milling is Canadian.

    Nope.

    Owned by PepsiCo and headquartered out of Chicago, you may know them by their old name (same box): Aunt Jemima.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    thank you for your service

    I'm disappointed by how some grocery stores are still giving so much frontage to US products

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    [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Its very easy to make pancake mix ahead of schedule. Can buy local ingredients and just mix them.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Agreed. Now, is the flour I'm buying that says "Product of Canada" actually a product of Canada?? I'm finding that "Product of Canada" doesn't actually mean Canada is getting the profits...

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    Bulk barn is Canadian, but you'd have to look at where the products are from. They were labelling them; I'm not sure if they still are.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    They are still labeling stuff, but even then it's not always perfectly clear. Some things are "made in canada from domestic and imported ingredients", some are "processed in Canada", and others are full-on "product of Canada".

    But even with that, it's still impossible to know who owns those factories.

    I just go with Peter Gzowski's saying: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I found our local save-on has flour from a local mill about 100kms away for sale. And I have a place that has local flour from another mill within 200kms. So you could try to find things like that if you want to get real local.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Sunny Boy is Canadian. Based in Edmonton with their mill in Camrose, they source and manufacture locally. Great pancake mix and great porridge.

    If you can't get it locally, ask your store manager to bring it in.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    Farine Five Roses out of MontrΓ©al

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    I like you, you take initiative

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Wait, no name and presidents choice are made in USA?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    Some are some are not. You need to read the label. Same with Life Brand products at Shoppers - some are made in Canada (and naturally Life Brand is owned by Loblaws so the parent company is Canadian) and some are made in the US and other places.

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