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You need to watch out for counterfeit products in those dollar stores. I found one selling "Colgate" toothpaste that was not the real thing.

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At the local dollar store, a lot of packaged goods are from China and or are full of crap (even garlic is from China)

So one has to read the labels dillegently.

Examples:

"Othet origin tea, packed in Sri Lanka".

Chocolate hazelnut spread from Turkey that's mostly oil.

Etc.

Sri Lanka is a major tea producer, why do you think that this would be a poor quality product ?

Your other examples may be valid as stuff to avoid.

Actually Turkish food generally of good quality. OTOH, lots of the food items sold in "normal" supermarkets all over the country is made in China. For example, it is like 90% of all apple juice sold in the US made from Chinese concentrate,

Interesting! May I ask what tipped you off? I admit to wondering about the difference in ingredients, whether the chalk (do they still use that?) supplier is different, etc.

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