We ran a very informal survey on the Fooducate Facebook Page yesterday asking the community What food product or ingredient(s) would you like to see gone for good in 2013? After reading through several hundred responses here are the top … Continue reading
Fat Rats! A recent study conducted in Brazil showed that rodents fed yogurt with aspartame or saccharin gained more weight than their brothers that ate the same amount of yogurt, but sweetened with sugar. The study was published in Appetite … Continue reading
Or try Fooducate’s Online Nutrition App! Maltodextrin is one of the most asked about ingredients found on food packaging. It is present in about 10% of packaged food products. So what exactly is maltodextrin? And why is it used in so … Continue reading
This blog post was inspired by a tweet from registered dietitian Elisa Zied (@elisazied), who several weeks ago began tweeting about her plan to stop drinking Diet Coke after years of addiction. The following is an interview with Elisa we … Continue reading
You’ve got to check this out. The numbers will frighten you. On average, over the course of a year, each of us consumes: 53 gallons of soda (per person, factoring in babies and health freaks who read fooducate) 141 lbs … Continue reading
Last week, ConAgra, a huge food conglomerate, recalled 800,000 units of Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Entrées. The fear – a salmonella infection that has spread to 14 states. Recalls happen every once in a while, and we’ve … Continue reading
Image by Rock Portrait Photography via Flickr Probably the biggest news in the diet drink arena this past year has been the introduction of soft drinks sweetened with stevia. The FDA anointed stevia GRAS status (Generally Regarded as Safe), which … Continue reading
This was the week of stevia, a new zero calorie sweetener, that got FDA approval as a safe food additive, and will shortly find its way into soft drinks and other products scattered about our supermarket aisles. If you are … Continue reading