But some, after many portions, could make an unthinking mantra of the list of ingredients: Wheat Flour, Palm Oil (Tocopherols), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Dehydrated Vegetables (Cabbage, Green Onion, Carrot), Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate.

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The diet was primarily cabbage soup with small portions of vegetables.

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According to Elliott Marcus, an associate health commissioner, Korean restaurants don't get penalized when kimchi is being made (the fermentation process often requires leaving vegetables, most commonly cabbage, out at room temperature for days).

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