Sweet News

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By the end of this year your favorite Nestle candy bar could be missing something, but chances are you won’t notice the change. Nestle recently announced they will be removing artificial colors and flavors from over 250 products covering 10 brands and 75 recipes. Instead of Red 40 and Yellow 5, the color for the crunchy center of a Butterfinger will come from the seeds of the fruit of the achiote tree – annatto. Likewise, natural vanilla ...

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They’re Listening

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There is a revolution taking place in grocery stores across America, and its repercussions are being felt in boardrooms around the country. As consumers increasingly educate themselves on what is in the food they are eating and feeding their families, they are demanding higher quality, less artificial, non-bioengineered food. They are voting with their wallets, as more processed, chemically laden foods are being left on the shelf in favor of brands offering taste without the use of unpronounceable, unrecognizable additives. ...

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Rubber Stamp of Approval?

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There was a time not too long ago that I blindly roamed through the aisles of the grocery store, putting things that I had been buying for years in my cart and not thinking twice about them. While I knew some of the things I bought might not improve my health or that of my family, I also believed that the Food and Drug Administration kept a close enough eye on the food industry that I wasn’t buying anything that ...

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Knowing Better and Paying More

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“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” This quote by Maya Angelou is true in many aspects of my life. I found myself thinking this just the other day, oddly enough as I was grocery shopping. Instead of grabbing the same fruit snacks off the shelf that I always buy for my children, I swallowed hard, ignored the difference in price, and reached for the organic ones. With regards to ...

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