Suspicious Claims
Planter’s Nut-rition – Built for a LESS Healthy Lifestyle
March 4, 2012 | Author admin
Delusional Nutrition
Planter’s has decided to take their mixed nuts, which were perfectly healthy on their own (for the most part) and added in all kinds of little goodies mostly involving sugar, corn syrup, artificial colors and other fun chemicals and are calling it their “Nut-rition” line. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hazardous Chemicals, Labeling Trickery, Suspicious Claims | 
Tags: Planter's Nut Mix, Planters, Planters Nut-rition | 
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Dressed Up Like a Million Dollar Cracker: Ritz Crackerfuls
June 30, 2011 | Author admin
Eating Up the Ritz
The first time I ate a Ritz Crackerfuls cheese and cracker was when I was volunteering at the library and I was starving but didn’t have time to take a break – someone offered me a cracker. A cracker as in ONE cracker? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Labeling Trickery, Suspicious Claims, Weird Ingredients | Tags: fiber, made with real cheese, multigrain, resistant corn maltodextrin, Ritz Crackerfuls, trans fat, whole grain | Comments Closed
Lawsuit: High Fructose Corn Syrup is NOT the Same as Sugar
May 1, 2011 | Author admin
The Corn Refiners Association has become really aggressive in their advertising in the last few years because of declining sales of products that use high fructose corn syrup. See (Corn) Sugar Is (Cane) Sugar – the Corn Refiners Association’s Ship of Deception Named High Fructose Corn Syrup Is Sinking Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar Meyer Magicians – Making Low Fat Lunchables Look Healthy
April 19, 2011 | Author admin
I always see the Oscar Meyer Lunchables in the store but never stopped to look until I noticed the “lower fat” and was curious as to what they did differently to make them lower in fat. So I bought a Ham + American Cracker Stackers regular fat one to compare to a Ham + Cheddar Cracker Stackers lower fat one. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Packaging Problems, Suspicious Claims, Tricky Brands | Tags: American cheese, Cheddar cheese, fake cheese, ham, Oscar Meyer, Oscar Meyer Lunchables | Comments Closed
The Fantastical World of Wheat – 14 Things You Should Know about Whole Wheat / Whole Grain
April 8, 2011 | Author admin
It seems I’ve been living in a fantasy world eating whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, whole wheat cereal, and whole wheat crackers thinking I was being so healthy but not even getting my whole wheat’s worth most of the time. My cousin Carol suggested the wheat topic and I’m so glad I dove in; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hazardous Chemicals, Labeling Trickery, Suspicious Claims, The Truch About..., Weird Ingredients | Tags: 100% whole wheat, American Heart Association, Barilla Whole Grain Spaghetti, bleached flour, caramel color, documentary video, Durum Whole Wheat flour, General Mills, General Mills Lucky Charms, GIA Russa Penne Rigate, grams of whole grain per serving, heart healthy, high fructose corn syrup, Kelloggs All Bran Multi Grain crackers, Kelloggs Honey Nut Cheerios, Kraft Velveeta Rotini & cheese, made with whole grains, Milton’s multigrain bread, multi-grain, Orowheat 100% whole wheat english muffins, Orowheat Nutty Grain Bread, partially hydrogenated oil, Pepperidge Farm goldfish, Ralphs Thin & Crispy Saltines Wheat Crackers, Ralph’s Whole Grain Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Sara Lee Wheat Dinner Rolls, wheat, wheat bread, wheat crackers, wheat pasta, Wheat Thins Originals, whole grain, whole wheat | 1 Comment »
