Food Labeling

A lie of omission is still a lie. What the majority of us learned in grade school a large percentage of major food companies are finding out the hard way. The Food and Drug Administration sent out warning letters to food companies regarding their deceptive food labeling practices. Example, labels that tout "0 grams trans fat" while disregarding the fact the product contains more than fifteen grams of total fat; five of those being saturated fat grams. Or "made with whole wheat" when the product actually contains only an infinitesimal amount of whole wheat. Then there's always the "Made with Real Fruit" claim. The number of products that abuse this one is staggering. Just be aware, if the dietary exchange on the label lists out as carbohydrate and fat but not fruit, you probably don't want to buy it for its nutritional fruit value. And as I have mentioned here before the food label claim of "Natural" means about as much as the claim that Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield were "natural blondes". Processed foods are the main target now but even whole foods need to be careful of excessive health claims, the FDA may determine that therapeutic claims transform those foods into drugs.