food labelling

In the US, "Smart Choices", the new food-label campaign, is being criticized by nutritionists for allowing their label to appear on products such as high-sugar cereals (Froot Loops and Cocoa Krispies).

The label has also been applied to high-salt processed foods, and full-fat mayonnaise.

You wouldn't expect uncooked chicken to be a significant source of sodium, would you? But apparently it can be. And, this is before you add any seasoning to it in your own home.

Injecting raw chicken with saltwater solutions during processing is actually a widespread practice in the poultry industry. Manufacturers say it makes for tastier, juicier meat.

Perhaps you've been eating healthily, switching your usual fast-food lunch for a salad from a supermarket.

If you haven't been seeing the results you'd like, it could be because that innocent-sounding salad contains more calories and fat than a Big Mac.

We've all heard the expression, "It's like comparing apples and oranges," suggesting that because these two foods are so dissimilar, a fair comparison simply cannot be made. Evidently, the folks at the Griffin Prevention Research Center/NuVal found this to be unacceptable, and this may partly explain why they created the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI).