A study done on shoppers in Canada, recently featured in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, examined the reactions different groups of test subjects had to fake soups they were told were either low in sodium or simply “taste[d] great.”
Archives for April 2013
‘Standard of identity’ petition presses FDA to change label for milk products
Dairy groups want the FDA to drop a rule that requires all ingredients not normally included in a product’s “standard of identity” to be noted as such on the label.
Washington state considers mandatory labels for engineered foods
Washington state could soon be considering a change in regulations that would make GMO labels mandatory, and in the wake of the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” being signed, it signals another major food industry contention.
FDA makes effort to stop DMAA-based energy drinks
The FDA is focusing its attention on the chemical compound dimethylamylamine (DMAA), in an effort to get it taken out of certain “energy-boosting” products.