The chemical responsible for the minty flavour in gum makes healthy food unappealing People who chew gum eat fewer meals – but not less calories – because they chose unhealthy foods By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 08:59 EST, 29 March 2013… Read More ›
Fruit
Think that’s ACTUAL fruit in your cereal? How food companies replace the real deal with ‘imposter’ sugar balls and soybean oil
Consumer watchdogs warn lebals are fooling us with high-sugar ‘fruit imposters’ inside packaging promising ‘real fruit, full of vitamins’ The FDA permits labels to say ‘real fruit’ as long as the word ‘flavoured’ also appears on the packaging By Daily… Read More ›
School set to install cameras in trash cans to pick out students who throw away their vegetables
PUBLISHED:12:38 EST, 4 October 2012| UPDATED:13:19 EST, 4 October 2012 In a move that smacks of a nanny state, a Florida school district is debating installing video cameras on cafeteria dustbins so that it can monitor what its students… Read More ›
Are prisoners better fed than our children? Students and inmates eat almost identical lunches, but jailhouse cuisine is healthier
Sunday, Sep 23 2012 By Laura Cox PUBLISHED:13:02 EST, 22 September 2012| UPDATED:13:02 EST, 22 September 2012 Few can say they had a good school lunch experience. Stereotypically sloppy and greasy and served up with greying mashed potatoes, canteen… Read More ›
Baffling supermarket prices and poor labelling and could be hiking up your shopping bill
Baffling supermarket prices and poor labelling and could be hiking up your shopping bill By Sean Poulter PUBLISHED:18:50 EST, 5 September 2012| UPDATED:19:27 EST, 5 September 2012 Supermarkets are confusing shoppers and pocketing extra profits at their expense by labelling… Read More ›
