Do phrases like "low fat," "gluten-free," "made with real fruit" and "good source of vitamin C" on the package of a processed fruit snack product make you think that the product is a healthy food? These phrases have all been on the packaging of fruit-like snack substances from General Mills: Froot by the Foot, Fruit Roll-Ups, and Gushers. Marketing copy on the front of a box is no substitute for taking a moment to read nutrition information and ingredients. But that hasn't stopped the Center for Science in the Public Interest from filing a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company tried to make consumers believe that their products were wholesome and fruit-based, not full of trans fats, preservatives, and food coloring.
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4 comments:
Anybody who thought they were a healthy snack should not be aloud around children.
Anybody who thought they were a healthy snack should not be aloud around children.
October 19, 2011 4:40 PM
Who are you to decide such things, especially when you are not intelligent enough to know the difference of and the spelling of allowed from aloud?
The bottom line is it's a snack, so what, and who cares really everything is bad for you. I'm not going to listen to every little bs thing that the government feeds us about food. You're kids sit at desks 8hrs a day, adults sit in a cubicle for jobs 8 hrs a day, and they feed inmates 3000/day calorie diets, and you know they're going nowhere. I don't know where the obesity results in this country are coming from.
Better living through chemistry! NOT!
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