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Posts tagged with labeling
Smart Choices Program Helps Shoppers Identify Food and Beverage Choices →
This first-ever uniform front-of-pack nutrition labeling program, developed by a diverse coalition of scientists, nutritionists, consumer organizations and food industry leaders is designed to promote public health by helping shoppers make smarter food and beverage choices within product categories.
Ethical Meat vs. Meat Hype: A Look at “All Natural”, “Grass-Fed” and Other Half-Truths →
I’ve come to realize that, if conscious eating — knowing where your food comes from and how it’s both raised and killed or harvested — is the key to ethical eating, labels are the new battleground for your mind and dollars…
Tim Ferriss — author of the bestseller “The Four Hour Workweek” — on his views about ethical eating and labeling systems.
What's Really in Many 'Healthy' Foods →
A lot of Americans think they’re eating a healthy diet these days. But it’s easy to be fooled by our assumptions and the ways that food manufacturers play on them.
WSJ’s Melinda Beck sheds some light on shady food product labeling that’s been going on lately.
Off-topic — I found this particular bit really interesting:
Take chicken. The average American eats about 90 pounds of it a year, more than twice as much as in the 1970s.
Read the article in full for some important info about food labels such as salt substitute, trans fat, wheat bread, etc.
