Fake Food Watch

Folly, Fun, and Fraud in U.S. Industrial Food

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Kudos to Campbell Soup for GMO Labels, Pushing Big Food to Follow Example

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Here's something I rarely embrace:  an international mega-corporation that manufactures canned, packaged, and frozen food products, an...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

What the World Thinks of GMOs

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"There’s been a lot of hubbub surrounding our domestic battles to mandate labels for genetically modified organisms, or GMO foods.  ...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

McDonald's, KFC, Taco Bell Rated Worst by Customers

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Three cheers for 2015 fast-food aficionados!   Selling 20th century-style greasy, salty, cheap fast food is a loser in the 21st century,...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Fast-Food Tainting: Rare but Real, Scary (McDonald's, Chick-fil-a, Burger King, Wendy's?)

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Food tampering is a federal offense, punishable by prison... if caught. By all reports, food tampering is rare, but it's also rarely...
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Kale Chips, Styrofoam and Michael Pollan: The Problem with Processed Health Foods

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I thought I'd hit a healthy-food bonanza in a Big Lots store... crunchy, salty, yummy kale chips, Low in calories and guilt, yet still...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Twinkies and Skittles for Breakfast? The Cereals that Damage Kids, Adults

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Eating most U.S. cereals for breakfast is akin to eating a heaping bowl of pure sugar. Or a pile of candy bars and Twinkies.  Just as Bi...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Target, Walmart Selling Fake Ginkgo, Garlic, Ginseng Thanks to Political Loophole

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This week, the New York State Attorney General charged Walmart, Target, Walgreens and GNC with selling  "mislabeled" and "a...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Detecting Fake Food: Take this App to the Market

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I'm not an app person. Most make life busier and more complicated, not easier.  And like all of us, my smart-phone romance is already ...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Top 12 Worst Food Additives in American Meals

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The first "Dirty Dozen List of Food Additives" was released last month by the Environmental Working Group.  The new guide-lis...
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Journalist, blogger. nonfiction writer. New York Times Co/About.com writer, editor for a decade. Founder of LostAmericanRecipes.com. Contact at DeborahCWhite@gmail.com
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