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How food companies fool consumers with food coloring ingredients made from petrochemicals

3/21/2008 - Have you ever wondered why companies use artificial colors? You might think it's because they want to make their food look good, but there's another reason -- a far deeper reason -- why companies use artificial colors to make their foods more appealing...

Advocate Group Urges Ban on Junk Food Marketing to Children

2/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Consumers International Congress (CI) was held in Sydney at the end of October with the theme 'holding corporations to account'. Two areas of the Congress that attracted media attention were 'Obesity and Food Marketing', and 'The Ethics...

Kellogg announces major shift in marketing manufactured food products to children

9/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) Multinational snack and cereal producer Kellogg Company has announced that it will adopt nutrition standards for all products that it markets to children. All such products will either be reformulated to meet the new standards or will no...

Certain pomegranate juice products deceive consumers with dishonest labels and ingredients, reveals new consumer guide

9/11/2007 - (NaturalNews) A new consumer guide published on NaturalNews.com reveals that some pomegranate juice products sold in grocery stores are actually made with sugar water and "junk juice" blends. While pictures on the front of the juice products show pomegranates...

Don't be fooled by "all natural" claims on foods and grocery products

7/18/2007 - Factory food manufacturers have figured out that slapping an "all natural" claim onto their processed, chemically-altered food products results in increased sales. Consumers, it seems, are trying to shop for healthier foods, and they're easily fooled...

How food manufacturers trick consumers with deceptive ingredients lists

7/10/2007 - The myth: Ingredients lists on food products are designed to inform consumers about what's contained in the product. The reality: ingredients lists are used by food manufacturers to deceive consumers and trick them into thinking products are healthier...

CSPI threatens lawsuit against Coca-Cola for "fraudulent" weight loss claims over Enviga beverage

12/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has decided to serve notice on Coca-Cola and Nestlé -- the companies behind the beverage Enviga -- stating that both companies are marketing the drink using calorie-burning and weight...

Horizon milk, Wild Oats named in consumer boycott of "false" organic products

7/28/2006 - (NaturalNews) The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently added five additional brands to its three-month boycott of "fake" organic products it says are knowingly mislabeled as "USDA organic." In April 2006, the OCA launched a boycott against...

Commercial Alert Statement on FTC-HHS Report on Food Marketing to Children (press release)

7/24/2006 - Following is the statement of Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, on today’s Federal Trade Commission-Health and Human Services report on food marketing and childhood obesity. “Today’s FTC-HHS report is a candy-coated present the...

Urgent: Stop the National Uniformity for Food Act (H.R. 4167) before it wipes out hundreds of food safety labeling laws

3/4/2006 - Keep up the pressure on your lawmakers to stop passage of H.R. 4167, a bill heavily supported by junk food manufacturers that would -- believe it or not -- make it ILLEGAL for States to protect their citizens from food products containing heavy metals,...

Health Ranger hails CPSI effort to stop Kellogg Co. from marketing junk food to children

1/19/2006 - The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) recently announced its intention to pressure Kellogg Co. to halt its practice of advertising junk foods to children. Spearheaded by CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson, the effort promises...

American Diabetes Association peddling nutritional nonsense while accepting money from manufacturer of candy and sodas

6/1/2005 - The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently announced a three-year, multi-million dollar alliance with Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) to help combat obesity and diabetes in America by stressing the importance of making smart nutritional...

"All natural" claim on food labels is often deceptive; foods harbor hidden MSG and other unnatural ingredients

3/21/2005 - When you're shopping for groceries, watch out for the phrase "all natural" as claimed on the front of various product packages. It turns out that the phrase "all natural" can mean just about anything; it actually has no nutritional meaning whatsoever...

Soy cheese products deceive consumers, violate vegans

1/12/2005 - If you visit any natural grocery or health food store these days, you'll notice there are a lot of soy cheese products available. The implied message from the name of these products is that they are made with soy milk, not dairy products, and are therefore...

Opinion: Ensure is primarily sugar water, marketed with misleading statements that deceive consumers

12/5/2004 - When I'm out shopping for groceries, I see lots of people purchasing bottles of Ensure. Typically they are older people, and they are buying it by the cartload, it seems. The front label of the product says 'Complete, balanced nutrition to help stay...

Ground up beetles found in yogurt -- carmine serves as insect-based food coloring ingredient

10/31/2004 - This is not a joke: there are ground up red beetles being used right now as a food coloring ingredient in yogurt, ice cream, juice drinks and many other grocery products. The ingredient is called "carmine." Carmine is literally made from dried, ground-up...

Bizarre! Government of Denmark tells Kellogg's to take vitamins out of their breakfast cereals

8/19/2004 - In a move that can only be described as bizarre, the government of Denmark has banned the sale of fortified breakfast cereals made by Kellogg's. These include Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes, and Special K. Why were they banned? Because they are fortified...

Kellogg's launches reduced sugar breakfast cereals, but white flour content remains high

8/19/2004 - Kellogg's has launched reduced sugar cereals in Europe in response to what they describe as "changing consumer tastes." The cereals will have 1/3 less sugar than the familiar varieties, and will deliver slightly fewer calories and slightly less of an...

The food industry denies links between foods, nutrition and health; bad science meets aggressive marketing

8/7/2004 - New research published in the British Medical Journal is revealing a game plan that can be used to fight the health-destroying efforts of the food industry. Lessons learned from the fight with Big Tobacco can be applied to fighting the food industry. These...

Lawmakers want better food labeling of allergens, but far more deaths are caused by other ingredients

7/21/2004 - Lawmakers are rightly concerned about the 200 deaths caused each year by food allergens that are insufficiently noted on food product labels. Some 30,000 people are hospitalized each year thanks to allergic reactions to ingredients like peanuts, cow's...

Functional foods gain in popularity, but health claims on most brand-name groceries mislead consumers

7/19/2004 - Functional foods are gaining in popularity: big-name grocery product manufacturers like Kraft are making huge R&D investments in bringing these nutritionally enhanced foods to market. Likewise, customer demand for healthier, enhanced foods is surging....

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