This is a guest blog post by Richard Perlmutter, MS Last year Kozy Shack Company changed the recipe for its chocolate pudding. At the same time the company revised much of the labeling on the pudding container. lt is both interesting and instructive … Continue reading
Imagine life in ancient Europe, before the spice trade. How bland food must have been. We’ve come a long way since, and today we can enjoy the flavor range of the entire globe with a simple visit to the grocery … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Carol Harvey, Director of food/nutrition labeling and product development at Palate Works. Dark chocolate! Goji! Flavanols! Antioxidants! Real fruit juice! With candy like this, who needs real food? If only those terms meant something. … Continue reading
Today, February 16th, is national almond day, and a good reason to remind ourselves how much we love almonds. A native of the Mediterranean, the almond tree has successfully acclimated to California, where most of America’s almonds are sourced. The … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Richard Perlmutter, MS A serving of Post Grape-Nuts ready-to-eat breakfast cereal weighs 58g. A serving of Post Grape-Nuts Flakes ready-to-eat breakfast cereal weighs only 29g. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) … Continue reading
Fresh out of the oven is our latest app – Diabetes Nutrition by Fooducate. The app is available NOW for iPhone. We’ve developed this version of the award winning Fooducate app to allow people living with diabetes to make healthier … Continue reading
Election season is near, and short catchy slogans will surely be adorning TV screens, bumper stickers, and Twitter. We’re voting for healthy food, and to that end, are trying to come up with as many slogans as we can. Foodie … Continue reading
Nutrition labels are now available on 40 cuts of meat at your local grocer’s. The USDA mandated labeling came into effect this week, almost 20 years after the FDA mandated nutrition label appeared on packaged foods. There is no need … Continue reading
We were recently contacted by Nature’s Path, maker of organic cereals, granolas, and other goodies. The Love Crunch Granola line has undergone a makeover and we were sent a sample for review. From the company: Like all Nature’s Path products, … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Carol Harvey, director of nutrition labeling at Palate Works. At the risk of causing some to choke on their French canned duck leg confit (a great product, despite no Nutrition Facts), I’d like to … Continue reading