News
June 22, 2014
So, you're trying to do better by reading labels and being more mindful with each bite. That's a good start. But what happens when you think something you're eating, consuming is healthy based upon the world 'natural' on the front of the product?... Read more
News
June 18, 2014
The term all natural can easily be a rip-off slogan, slapped onto products posing to be all about consumer's health. Consumers are easily hoodwinked into paying extra for a product that is advertised as "all natural." Read more
News
June 16, 2014
We're teaming up with Consumer Reports for an ongoing series that will look at a wide array of food-labeling concerns. Read more
News
June 16, 2014
ST. ALBANS - A Ben & Jerry's factory worker feeds chunks of chocolate-covered toffee into an augur, which funnels them into a stream of coffee-flavored ice cream. The newly blended confection is then dolloped into pint containers labeled "Coffee... Read more
News
June 11, 2014
The U.S. is in the midst of a public health epidemic due to poor diet. While much of the focus has been on obvious culprits such as sugary soft drinks and fast food, dairy foods often get a pass. The dairy industry, propped up by government, has... Read more
News
June 12, 2014
US dairy consumption patterns "have shifted away from plain fluid milk to highly processed forms of dairy that are little more than vessels for salt, sugar, and fat", while cash from the dairy checkoff scheme is being used to promote 'junk foods'... Read more
News
June 12, 2014
While POM Wonderful's Supreme Court victory over Coca-Cola doesn't have any direct impact on the wave of consumer class action lawsuits over false advertising engulfing the trade, it still makes uncomfortable reading for regulatory affairs bosses... Read more
News
June 10, 2014
Three months after a federal judge in California gave the preliminary thumbs up to a $3.4m settlement of a class action lawsuit accusing Trader Joe's of falsely advertising products as 'all natural', a fellow judge has allowed most claims in... Read more
News
May 8, 2014
The Kellogg Company, maker of some of the country's most familiar breakfast cereals, said on Thursday that it had agreed to drop the terms "all natural" and "nothing artificial" from some products in its Kashi line as part of a settlement... Read more
News
May 1, 2014
Even with the sharp increase in popularity of local and organic foods, nearly one in five consumers confuse the two terms, according to researchers at the University of Florida. Read more
for UNFI