Wednesday, June 22, 2016

What does "Healthy" mean on a food label?

Many foods market themselves as healthy. The current FDA requirements for "healthy" means a food is low in fats and has vitamins. In other words, according to the FDA Pop-Tarts are healthy, while many granola bars (which include fats from peanuts) are not.

Kind, a granola bar producer appealed this (successfully) to the FDA and now van label their bars as healthy. However this has prompted the FDA to start a review process.

So read the ingredients of your foods; and try and avoid high fructose sugars, corn syrup, and processed foods in general!

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