QandAs: Food

Are Food Ingredient Labels misleading?

Answer:
To say that food labels are misleading is to say that our food producers are attempting to pull the wool over our eyes;

and, I guess that might be true enough, even though the thought of that might go against the grain of most consumers.

Although there are numerous regulatory protocols and demands placed on food producers to ensure safety, integrity, transparency, honesty, and other characteristics expected of such an important consumer commodity, many questionable and even devious methods are used to keep consumers in the dark about the reality of what is in some food products on supermarket shelves.

Food manufacturers, processors, and producers carry a lot of powerful influence in our hallowed halls of government; and, as such, have managed to acquire "permission" to incorporate a wide variety of tactics to prevent them from having to divulge whole truths and transparency regarding food ingredients.

For example, there are dozens of different names for sweeteners used in food products, including:
-High-Fructose Corn Syrup
-Corn Sweetener
-Corn Syrup
-Disaccharides
-Monosaccharides
-Fructose
-Fruit Juice Concentrate
-Honey
-Brown Sugar
-Syrup
-Glucose (Dextrose)
-Malt extract
-Invert Sugar
-Lactose
-Maltose
-Sugar (Sucrose)
-Molasses
-Raw Sugar
-And there are lots of others!

And, there are dozens of different names for salts used in food products, including:
-Salt
-Rock salt
-Sodium
-Sodium chloride
-Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
-Sea salt
-Brine
-Sodium saccharin
-Sodium propionate
-Sodium nitrite
-Sodium metabisulfite
-Sodium erythorbate
-Sodium benzoate
-Disodium EDTA
-Disodium 5’-guanylate
-And there are many more!

In addition, many other food ingredients have been given names that tend to disguise their true identity, presumably so food manufacturers and producers can continue to sell their products to unsuspecting consumers, who might otherwise be concerned and less apt to buy, if they knew the complete truth.

For best results when selecting and purchasing food products, read the ingredient labels and the Nutritional Facts labels. At present, it's the best we can do to manage our intake and exposure to some of those ingredients we might wish to avoid.

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