New here? Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries! In our consumerist world, every day is a holiday, a made up marketing festivity geared to get us to buy (and eat) more of something. And so today it’s … Continue reading
More Shoppers Seeking Nutrition, But are They Finding It?
A recent consumer survey, Shopping for Health, conducted by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention magazine indicates that nutrition continues to be a driving force in purchase decisions. Approximately 1500 adults were surveyed and provided the following picture: 32% … Continue reading
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The 20 Most Common Bread Ingredients [Bread miniseries part 3/4]
Welcome to part 3 of our miniseries. In part 1, we provided ground rules for choosing healthy bread. In part 2, we explained what whole grains are. Today we’ll take a look at the other ingredients in bread. To do … Continue reading
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Whole Grains Demystified [Bread miniseries part 2/4]
Welcome to part 2 of our miniseries. In part 1, we provided ground rules for choosing healthy bread. When discussing bread, there tends to be a confusion around the terms whole grain and whole wheat. We’ll try to clear that … Continue reading
![4 Ground Rules for Choosing Healthy Bread [Bread miniseries part 1/4]](http://bmedia.fooducate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Bread-Sliced.jpeg "4 Ground Rules for Choosing Healthy Bread [Bread miniseries part 1/4]")
4 Ground Rules for Choosing Healthy Bread [Bread miniseries part 1/4]
Bread is a staple of the western world, something many of us consume daily, if not several times a day. There is nothing quite like the scent of a freshly baked loaf. The pleasure of a warm slice of bread … Continue reading
Where’s the “Whole” in Whole Foods Market?
New here? Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App! This is a guest blog post by Carol Harvey, director of nutrition labeling at Palate Works. Something has been “softly” incongruous about Whole Foods since the opening of their first store a thousand years ago: … Continue reading
The Oreo Cookie Celebrates 100 Years
This week marks the 100th birthday of the Oreo Cookie. Originally created and sold in New York by National Biscuit Company, the brand is now owned by mega-processed-food giant Kraft Foods. The brand tagline is “Milk’s Favorite Cookie,” and indeed … Continue reading
Twinkies are Going Bankrupt
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies and other baked goods, is about to go bankrupt. This is a company that shipped 36 million Twinkies last year and had sales in excess of 2 Billion … Continue reading
Matzah, the World’s First Ever Fast Food
This evening marks the beginning of the 8 day Jewish holiday known as Passover. As with any holiday, there are specific foods associated with Passover. One of them is Matzah, a flatbread made with only 2 ingredients – water and … Continue reading
Is White Whole Wheat Flour an Oxymoron?
IF you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know we advocate eating whole grain breads. In our five part bread minisereies back in November, we tried to cover the seemingly simple task of choosing bread at the supermarket. … Continue reading