Majjam Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I started the Whole 30 three days ago for the first time. My job however, is in QA at a company that makes sweetened dairy products. As part of my job, I have to taste this daily to ensure quality standards are being maintained, and occasionally have to troubleshoot issues. We have daily sampling in which upper management is present. I don't think it would make a good impression to spit each sample out and taking 30 days off of doing a job requirement for my department does not seem ethical or like it would make a good impression either! I have decided that doing something is better than nothing, so I am doing the Whole 30 knowing that I will have to eat a small amount of dairy and sugar. Any advice on this? I really can't easily avoid tasting the product for 30 whole days, though I have taken steps to minimize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted February 1, 2018 Administrators Share Posted February 1, 2018 Dairy is pretty gut-disruptive so you may not have the same experiences as someone who is actually going through the Whole30 for the 30 days without non-compliant ingredients. I guess my question to you and your workplace would be "Was the ability to eat dairy a part of your job description"? What if you were allergic? People develop later-life allergies all the time. If you end up allergic, do you get fired or have to quit? Or would there be considerations made for you? What if you did 30 days dairy free and realized that you could never go back to eating dairy because it had undesireable side effects to you? Would you just keep eating it anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted February 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, Majjam said: I started the Whole 30 three days ago for the first time. My job however, is in QA at a company that makes sweetened dairy products. As part of my job, I have to taste this daily to ensure quality standards are being maintained, and occasionally have to troubleshoot issues. We have daily sampling in which upper management is present. I don't think it would make a good impression to spit each sample out and taking 30 days off of doing a job requirement for my department does not seem ethical or like it would make a good impression either! I have decided that doing something is better than nothing, so I am doing the Whole 30 knowing that I will have to eat a small amount of dairy and sugar. Any advice on this? I really can't easily avoid tasting the product for 30 whole days, though I have taken steps to minimize it. The context in which you've presented this has sort of backed any advice we can give into the corner. If you're not willing to spit it out and you can't give up this part of your job for 30 days, there's not much advice we can give you.. I guess if you can take the smallest possible amount to taste... like grain of rice sized, then that would be the best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim4884 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Majjam said: I started the Whole 30 three days ago for the first time. My job however, is in QA at a company that makes sweetened dairy products. As part of my job, I have to taste this daily to ensure quality standards are being maintained, and occasionally have to troubleshoot issues. We have daily sampling in which upper management is present. I don't think it would make a good impression to spit each sample out and taking 30 days off of doing a job requirement for my department does not seem ethical or like it would make a good impression either! I have decided that doing something is better than nothing, so I am doing the Whole 30 knowing that I will have to eat a small amount of dairy and sugar. Any advice on this? I really can't easily avoid tasting the product for 30 whole days, though I have taken steps to minimize it. What the heck, I'll take a shot. As a non-expert, non-moderator, remember what you paid for it kinda guy, I would say you can't do a true Whole30 under those conditions. I believe you might still be able to obtain incredible results (I can link to mine in other threads if interested) if you really eliminate all other non-compliant ingredients for 30 days, but I would not think re-intros would be as meaningful under these conditions. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majjam Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Thanks for the replies! I realize this is kind of a weird criteria, and that I cannot achieve the true whole 30 experience if I keep eating work product. But I had similar thoughts to Jim that I might still see some benefits to doing what I have been calling "ninetyfive%30" and try to minimize my dairy/sugar intake at work as much as possible. I am happy to say that after a little over a week, I have managed to avoid eating any work product and people are being understanding. Not sure if I can totally avoid for 30 days, but will do my best. And it is a real work requirement to taste the product. Sensory analysis is a big component of food quality testing. I make sure candidates for lab tech jobs understand that there is a lot of tasting that goes on throughout the day so they can factor that in their decision for accepting the job. For dairy, someone who is lactose-intolerant or becomes so can get by with spitting samples out, but a severe allergy could be life-threatening in a worst case scenario. Though one would think someone with a severe food allergy would not apply to work in a QC testing lab where they will be handling that food all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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