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FDA Proposes Listing Added Sugar to the Nutrition Facts Label
By Heidi WachterThe revised changes would be a sweet victory for health advocates and place beverage manufacturers in a sticky situation.
Classification: sweeteners
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A Change Is Brewing at Starbucks
By Heidi WachterAfter last fall’s public outcry, the company announces its popular Pumpkin Spice Latte will now include real pumpkin.
- Food Culture -
Changing Processed-Food Nation
By Heidi WachterIn a rush to meet consumer demand, food companies are changing their product formulations to remove artificial dyes and other chemical additives.
- Nutrition -
Federal Soda Tax Legislation introduced into Congress
By Heidi WachterIf passed, the new bill would require a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.
- Food Culture -
Coca-Cola to drop controversial chemical from all drinks
By Maggie Fazeli FardBrominated vegetable oil, commonly used in sports drinks and sodas, has been banned in several countries because it’s both a flame retardant and a potential hormone disrupter.
Pepsi to introduce sodas “made with real sugar”
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe new line of sodas, expected in Regular, Vanilla and Wild Cherry flavors, will be sweetened with “real” sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, but will come with the same set of health risks.
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What makes a “Shamrock Shake” green?
By Maggie Fazeli FardWe take a look at the artificial food dyes that give St. Patrick’s Day-themed treats their signature hue.
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Nutrition labels get a long-awaited makeover
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe FDA’s proposed changes — the first in 20 years — focus on calories, sugar, and portion sizes, not fat.
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Sugar — not fat — increases risk of heart disease death, new study finds
By Maggie Fazeli FardNew research adds to growing evidence that sugar is connected to numerous health woes, including cardiovascular disease.
Got Aspartame?
By Experience Life StaffA new campaign by the U.S. dairy industry is attempting to allow aspartame in chocolate and other flavored milks without advertising it on the front label.
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Stevia: Too Good to Be True?
By Catherine GuthrieThis popular “natural” sweetener appears less problematic than its artificial counterparts, but it could still have health consequences of its own.
- Honestly, Dara -
Better Late Than Never
By Dara Moskowitz GrumdahlDara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how early adopters get all the attention — and why it’s never too late to change the way we eat.
Taking a Bite out of Gum
By Experience Life StaffWhy research shows that sugar-free gum may not be as harmless as you think.