11 Foods At World Market You Should And Shouldn't Be Buying

When you're looking at a long list of items you need to buy, whether it's food, home décor, or outdoor furniture, finding a one-stop shop makes all those errands super easy. No one wants to schlep around to five or six different stores trying to cross everything off their list. In a world where convenience is king, the kinds of places that carry all of those goods are pure gold to consumers. This is exactly what makes World Market such an ideal place to make your purchases. It has almost everything you could ask for under one roof. There's nothing better than hammering out a day of shopping in one fell swoop.

World Market offers all kinds of products, including food and drink, so you can cross off that annoying additional trip to the crowded supermarket. Are you making spaghetti in the upcoming future? World Market has you covered. If your sweet tooth starts acting up and you need some candy, Look no further than the selection at World Market. However, just because you have the opportunity to buy a variety of goods doesn't mean everything you're going home with is up to par. You have to do your research before you just go throwing things in your basket willy-nilly. So, before your next World Market excursion, do yourself a favor and brush up on some items that aren't worth your time and money.

Not everyone has the time to crank out an intricate dinner after they get home from work, which is why microwave products are so popular. Often, the stress of the day just erodes our willingness to gather the energy to whip up a multi-course meal when six o'clock hits. Luckily, plenty of companies make all sorts of foods that only require a quick stint in the microwave before they're ready to eat, but that doesn't always mean they're worth your time. This leads us to one World Market product you should absolutely avoid: The Tasty Bite Organic Turmeric Rice.

Don't let the 90-second microwave time written on the bag dupe you into purchasing this. Sure, it only takes a minute and a half until you have a big bowl of Basmati rice with turmeric, cinnamon oil, and cardamom oil, but it's a bowl of rice you are not going to want to finish once you take that first bite. The texture of the rice is super gummy, and none of the flavors pop as they should. One person who clearly regretted the decision to make the purchase noted that this product was so bad that they should have returned it to the store. Stay away from this product, and you'll avoid a return trip to the store to get back your money.

When the urge to harness your inner carnivore strikes, you don't always have the energy to fire up the grill and slap a thick steak on the range. Sometimes you just want an easily accessible snack that's delicious and scratches that meaty itch you developed. But, if you find yourself perusing the options at World Market for snackable meats, do not dabble in the Busseto California Snackin' Spicy Salami Bites, even if you might feel them staring you down. These are some bites that you'll be happy you never bit.

These little red discs of pork look like they'd be a solid option, but as soon as one hits your palate you realize just how big a mistake you made. You hardly get any pork flavor, but what you do get is a massive blast of overly salty, tough-to-chew meat. Your jaw muscles work overtime to grind up some of the saltiest pork you've ever had. You better have some water handy to help dilute the sheer intensity of the sodium. This is a highly unenjoyable item that absolutely should not find its way into your fridge: Your taste buds will thank you. 

If you're on the hunt for a dish that's packed with lots of loud, eclectic flavors, Asian cuisine has you covered. So many Asian dishes are chock-full of vibrant ingredients that result in a roundhouse kick of unique flavors and textures. If you're a big fan of Thai food, then you're likely familiar with tom kha soup. This spicy and sour dish is packed with great flavors thanks to ingredients like coconut milk, fish sauce, ginger, and lemongrass. This is what makes the Blue Elephant Tom Kha Soup at World Market such a huge bummer: It offers none of those aromas and flavors you excitedly expect.

Not only are the flavors weak, but the aesthetics of the soup are also a turnoff, with one customer writing that the soup was awful and it had an off-putting aftertaste.  Another wrote that it didn't resemble tom kha soup at all. It's bad enough to have a taste that turns people off, but when you combine that with an awful color you're dealing with an absolute disaster of a product. If you want a proper tom kha soup, save your money for a nice Thai restaurant with a kitchen staff that knows what they're doing.

A kick of spice can do wonders for a dish. If you find the right balance of heat to pair with whatever ingredients you're using, you can take a dish that might already have been a perfect 10 and send it into a score 11 territory. But heat can be super problematic when it masks the flavor of every ingredient it's paired with and delivers nothing but pure tongue-scorching pain. This is exactly the problem with Da Bomb Beyond Insanity Hot Sauce. Unless you were born with a fire extinguisher attached to the inside of your mouth, leave this off the shopping list.

Anyone who's seen the YouTube hot wing show "Hot Ones" knows all too well just how dangerous Da Bomb is. As soon as the interviewees reach the wing doused in this sauce, their whole demeanor changes for the worse. They start grabbing for water and choking on every word. There's no flavor in the sauce here. It's liquid pain, and that's it. It's the kind of hot sauce you should get paid to eat because of the damage it does to your taste buds. Obviously, there are people out there with wildly high heat tolerances who might enjoy this, but for everyone else, it's just plain torture.

At first, the British Confectionary Food Gift Box at World Market seems like it would be a slam dunk of a product. A box with "Stockley's Rhubarb and Custard boiled sweets, Barratt Milk Bottles gummy candy, Walker's Nonsuch English Creamy toffees, Norfolk Manor Wine Gums and Jelly Babies, Mrs. Tilly's Clotted Cream Fudge bar, Flower & White Chocolate Meringue bar, and two Lee's bars in Jaffa Orange or Mint flavors" should offer you an array of favors too hard to resist. But, unfortunately, all of those products come together to create one carton of disappointment.

One customer was extremely blunt about their dissatisfaction with the item. They wrote that this product really isn't worth it and that it doesn't compare to U.K. brands, and that people would be better off buying U.K. confectionery as well. It's a shame that this subpar assortment doesn't adequately do justice to a country like England, which has so much great stuff to offer. Take that customer's advice and purchase your sugary treats a la carte instead.