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Misleading Food Labels

Supermarkets Say: Please Don't Buy the Crap We Sell

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.04.2013 | Business
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Marty Kaplan

Giving consumers a no-brainer tool while they're standing in the supermarket aisle is surely a more promising way to stop the slow-motion suicide we call the American way of eating than declaring March to be National Nutrition Month.

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5 'Healthy' Foods That Are Actually Full Of Junk

Posted 02.12.2013 | OWN
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Don't fall for misleading health food labels. For example, a low-fat option might be loaded with unhealthy oils, while veggie offerings can incl...

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What's Hiding Behind Our Food Labels? Deceit.

Zester Daily | Posted 03.04.2013 | Home
Read More: Andrew Gunther, Animal Welfare, Organic Food, Animal Welfare Approved, Food Labeling, Misleading Food Labels, Zester Daily, Food Labels, Food Safety, Home News
Zester Daily

Pick up a pack of beef or a carton of eggs in any supermarket and the chances are the label will proudly display a bucolic farm scene and one of a range of positive sounding claims -- usually implying that the food is produced with animal welfare or the environment in mind.

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Labeling, Calorie Counts and Prop 37

Michael Seo | Posted 01.26.2013 | Home
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Michael Seo

There has been plenty of discussion about ensuring informed choice, but why does this matter? Well, food and the food industry are increasingly complex.

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Organic Advocates Fight 'All-Natural' Claims

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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DES MOINES, Iowa — An organics watchdog group's criticism of a cereal company that describes its products as "all natural" is the latest in the ...

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Hidden Sugars In Your Food

Pooja R. Mottl | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Pooja R. Mottl

We're getting way too many added sugars, and all those nutritionally empty calories can contribute, in many diets, to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and risk factors for heart disease.

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9 Most Misleading Food Labels (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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We believe in helping consumers make good choices about what they are eating, for themselves and the environment. Unfortunately, many food companies u...

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FDA Could Take Foods Over Shelves Over Inaccurate Labeling

Mother Nature Network | Robin Shreeves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Fda, Food Politics, Food, Food Labeling, Front of Package Labeling, Misleading Food Labels, Food Labels, Margaret Hamburg, Green News

Seventeen food manufacturers, including a few that produce organic products, have been issued warning letters by the FDA about their front-of-package ...

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