Tag: food colors

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Frosted Sugar Cookies

[ 3 ] March 2, 2011 |

The dye diet of Valentine’s Day This is my Valentine’s Day special report for you. Food manufacturers love holidays for a different reason: they take the opportunity of profiting from massive sales of their dye-colored cupcakes, pies and cookies. At least nothing misleading you can see on the Lofthouse pack of Frosted Sugar Cookies. Thanks […]

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TWIZZLERS Rainbow twists

TWIZZLERS Rainbow twists

[ 13 ] March 2, 2011 |

Rainbow of risks I was not really planning another post about Twizzlers (see previous Twizzlers: Strawberry twists). But after seeing how misleading the Twizzlers Rainbow label is I could not afford to wait to report to you about it. When Twizzlers Strawberry misleads us only once, Twizzlers Rainbow does this six times! Yes, you can […]

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TWIZZLERS Strawberry twists

TWIZZLERS Strawberry twists

[ 16 ] March 2, 2011 |

Twisted story Most likely you know what Twizzlers is, don’t you? Of course, it is a popular brand of fruit-flavored candy in the United States and Canada, often called a “licorice candy”. On the container it reads: Low Fat Snack. TWIZZLERS Twists.  Strawberry artificially flavored. Net WT 16 oz (1 LB) 453 g Seems harmless, […]

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Food Risk Assessment

Food Risk Assessment

[ 7 ] March 1, 2011 |

It is important for everyone to know the facts. Knowledge helps us to make the right decisions for ourselves and our families. So we seek the truth about anything that is important to us; that way we are better informed in the decisions we make. When it comes to the food we eat it is […]

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