We’ve got you covered here at GRG. Today we are arming you with the top five marketing tricks the food industry uses to get you to buy their products. 1. Serving Size. Ever look at the nutrition facts table and think, “Oh, that’s not as bad as I thought!” Only to then notice (or worse … Continue reading
Quinoa seems to be the new ingredient to find it’s way to the processed food shelves. Sounds healthy….right? Not so fast. Quinoa IS a healthy grain on it’s own (duh), but swapping oats for quinoa, for example, and still keeping all the added sugar, salt and fat doesn’t transform the food into a healthy alternative. Let’s … Continue reading
Quinoa seems to be the new ingredient to find it’s way to the processed food shelves. Sounds healthy….right? Not so fast. Quinoa IS a healthy grain on it’s own (duh), but swapping oats for quinoa, for example, and still keeping all the added sugar, salt and fat doesn’t transform the food into a healthy alternative. Let’s … Continue reading
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time for Food Fraud Friday! This week: Del Monte Canned Fruit. Sounds innocent enough but there’s something not quite right, lurking in the background… Think fruit packed in water is the only thing you get when you’re buying Del Monte canned fruit? Maybe not if you, like me (mistakenly) bought fruit, … Continue reading
One word….yuck! Must a chocolate-flavoured pop REALLY exist? What do you think? -M Continue reading
Upon first laying eyes on Dempster’s latest creation, “garden vegetable bread”, a furrowing of the brow inevitably sets in. These days, poor little ol’ whole grain wheat bread has a bad rap so the brains at Dempster’s came up with a “fresh take” on it: adding veggies in it (specifically pumpkin and carrot). Is this … Continue reading
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