Dishonesty in a bottle

Jul 18, 2011 Published under Advertising (good vs misleading)

Although this product claims to be sugar free, it has corn syrup as its third ingredient, after water and palm oil (along with many other artificial sweeteners). Because of the way regulations are, the small amount of corn syrup contained in this product can legally be disregarded, making the product “sugar free.” Although this is technically legal, it is dishonest, unethical and and perversion of the law. To advertise this corn-based sweetener which adds sugar to drinks as “sugar free,” is silly.

Labelwatch.com

A new site just launched that analyzes food product labels for ingredients that may or may not be good for you. Too many items pose as "healthy" while containing ingredients like high fructose corn syrup which labelwatch exposes here as not healthful. The site is not perfect yet; it’s search engine is clunky; and it [...]
"The Center for Consumer Freedom"

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Economics of Food Prices

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Report Shows that Healthy Businesses Excel

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All Natural?

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