There’s an adage in foodie and health circles about grocery shopping in the supermarket: “Shop only the store perimeter” The perimeter is usually where you’ll find fresh produce, dairy, chilled meats, eggs, and sometimes bread. So it makes sense that … Continue reading
Peanut butter. Melons. Lettuce. Seemingly harmless foods that, when contaminated with e. coli bacteria, have caused mass food recalls, hospitalizations, and even deaths. About 48 million Americans get sick each year from contaminated food. 128,000 are hospitalized. 3,000 die! Congress … Continue reading
Hormel, a Minnesota based food manufacturer that is best known for its SPAM product is buying the Skippy Brand peanut butter from Unilever for $700 Million. Skippy is the #2 peanut butter brand in America after Jif. Unilever ( a Dutch … Continue reading
Cake and cookie mixes take sizable shelf space in the supermarket. They save you time and effort, and let you feel good about having made some effort to prepare a home made treat. but the reality is that they contain … Continue reading
If you’ve ever had nut in shell peanuts, you may recall the thin skin surrounding the peanut that most people don’t eat. While its perfectly safe, and even nutritious, the mouth feel and taste of the skin make it unpalatable … Continue reading
When the weather goes from bad to worse, our daily routine gets out of whack. Services we take for granted such as electricity and water may suddenly become unavailable. But eat we must, in any and all situations. Here’s a … Continue reading
We recently ran a peanut butter scanning contest for users of the Fooducate iPhone and Android app. We asked you to scan your favorite peanut butter for a chance to win a healthy peanut butter from Krema (only one ingredient!). … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Lisa Cain, PhD, a.k.a Snack-Girl Raise your hand if you like steamed broccoli with nothing on it! One, two…..TWO of you I’m just being silly. I am sure many of you can just chomp away … Continue reading
If you ever got food poisoning that had you out of whack for a few hours, days, or something even worse, rejoice. Yesterday, the Senate passed an overhaul of the Food Safety Bill, for the first time since World War … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Lisa Cain, PhD, a.k.a Snack-Girl Recently, one of Snack Girl’s readers asked me to define the difference between Regular Jif and “Natural” Jif.So, I went to the store and purchased them to evaluate. Here … Continue reading