Tag: fruit fraud

Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

[ 0 ] February 28, 2012 |

Sierra Mist Natural lemon-lime soda looks like an attempt to lurk you into buying 0.5 L of water sweetened with 62 g of sugar under the pretension of something bigger than that. Trying to convince you the manufacturer, PepsiCo, throws redundant statements at you: No artificial ingredients; lemon-lime and other natural flavors; 100% natural flavors; […]

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Mott’s for Tots: A Real Fruit Punch!

Mott’s for Tots: A Real Fruit Punch!

[ 1 ] February 18, 2012 |

Domestic “food terrorism” Obviously there are two distinct concepts of ‘how to run business’ operate in the American food industry. One exploits an immoral idea of profiting from blatant lies to the American public. The other one proudly stands for running business in honest way so that the both sides, the businesses and the public […]

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Fruit2O Natural Grape: One more fruit fraud

Fruit2O Natural Grape: One more fruit fraud

[ 1 ] November 15, 2011 |

We read everywhere: zero calorie, sugar free, fat free, gluten free… But what we have to keep in mind is that every time when sugar, fat or gluten are taken out, a designed combination of other food additives is called upon to replace them. These ingredients, sometimes natural, sometimes chemically synthesized, help food scientists make […]

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Starburst: Artificial Fruit Chews

Starburst: Artificial Fruit Chews

[ 6 ] August 11, 2011 |

You can read on the label: cherry, orange, strawberry and lemon; natural and artificial flavors. It sounds fruity, isn’t it? But the question is: if there are natural fruits why to add cheap artificial flavors and questionable (read an article Food Dye Debate Resurfaces) artificial colors? I suspect that actual fruit content in the Starburst Fruit Chews is miserable if […]

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