By Cara Rosenbloom – In the quest for health, many of us search for products that have an edge over their competition. If something is proclaimed to be “organic” or “natural,” we often think it’s healthier for...
Read MoreForbes: The Great “Non-GMO” Deception: How To Sell Politically Correct Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Omri Ben-Shahar – Any beast can look like a prince, if lined up next to a more terrible villain. This basic psychological manipulation is the marketing paradigm of companies that sell consumers unhealthy food. Since...
Read MoreHuffPost: Are there antibiotics in my meat? Let’s clear the confusion
By Charlie Arnot – I was stunned to hear a mother express guilt about being “unable to afford meat that doesn’t have antibiotics in it.” I wondered how many parents who are trying to provide the...
Read MoreForbes: The Clean Label Project Is Using Bad Science To Scare Us About Our Children’s Food
By Kavin Senapathy – FUD, which stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt, is a disinformation strategy dating back to the early 20th century. It was perhaps most famously employed by Microsoft, which integrated it as a...
Read MoreForbes: Surprise! Shoppers Are Confused About Food And GMOs
By Phil Lempert — Two new surveys come to the same conclusion: The average American shopper is clueless when it comes to having an understanding of what is a genetically modified organism (GMO). A new nationally representative Food...
Read MoreQUARTZ: Non-GMO Food Labels are Misleading — And Could Be Harming You and the Environment
By Michael Tabb — We’re surrounded by information about the health and nutritional benefits of different food, but a lot of it conflicts—and it’s leaving people more confused than ever about how to make healthy food...
Read MoreLos Angeles Times: Milk, Salads, Kitty Litter, Condoms: ‘Non-GMO’ Labels Sow Confusion
By Geoffrey Mohan – Clover Sonoma dairy has long cultivated a dual image of folksy kitsch and foodie trend-spotting. While its cartoon mascot, Clo the Cow, cracked tortured puns on billboards along U.S. 101, the Bay Area’s...
Read MoreMilwaukee Journal Sentinel: Dairy Industry Group Continues to Attack Food Companies Over Alleged ‘Fear-Based’ Labeling
By Rick Barrett – A dairy industry group with strong ties to Wisconsin has added more examples to its list of what the group says is “fear-based” food labeling. The latest examples range from “non-GMO” labels...
Read MoreFood Chemical News: Campaign Against ‘Fear-based’ Labeling Adds Big Names to the List
By William G Schulz – A campaign to stop “fear-based” food labeling, called “Peel Back the Label,” has added food companies Perdue, Tysons, Living Fresh, Cuties, and Del Monte to its hall of shame. The companies have...
Read MoreThe Guardian: Think You’re Too Smart to Be Taken in by Silly Food Labels? Think Again
By Arwa Mahdawi – I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes. Love is all around me. But it shouldn’t be in granola bowls. So says the US Food and Drug Administration,...
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