Category Archives: sugar
Everyone in the FoodFacts.com community understands our position on added sugars in our food supply. Sugar is everywhere and takes many forms. Unless we’re preparing meals from scratch at home and using fresh ingredients, we are bound to be consuming … Continue reading
FoodFacts.com wanted to let our community know about a powerful new book titled Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss. We’re sure that the food-conscious consumers in our own network will find it a fascinating read. The author is a Pulitzer … Continue reading
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has contacted FoodFacts.com and asked us to let our community know about a great new video contest they’re running. We all know that the concern about sugary beverages has become an important … Continue reading
With all of the recent controversy surrounding sugar-sweetened beverages, FoodFacts.com has been busy looking at some of the other information available to us regarding sugar intake in our diets. We found some recent information that revisits an extremely important topic … Continue reading
FoodFacts.com has learned that this has been a busy week for the sugar-sweetened beverage and obesity debate. Coming right off the heels of the New York City ban on the sale of large-sized sugary beverages at certain establishments, there were … Continue reading
FoodFacts.com has been keeping our community updated on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on the sale of sodas and other sugary drinks over 16 ounces that was publicized a few months back. And today, New York City’s Board of Health … Continue reading
Here at Food Facts, we’re very concerned about GMOs (or genetically engineered food, or genetically modified organisms or genetically modified food – take your pick of terminology). We’re always posting information on our Facebook page and always keeping an eye … Continue reading
FoodFacts.com would like to explore added sugar today. Last week, on our Facebook page, we highlighted clever marketing ploys employed by companies to sell food. One of the most common things we found in those products, however, was added … Continue reading
FoodFacts.com just recently discovered this, and we figured we would share it. Thank you Cousin Marilyn for sending in this information! 4.2 grams = 1 teaspoonful of sugar = 1 cube. **Each cube is a teaspoonful.** … Continue reading
Foodfacts was not surprised to learn in a report released from the Environmental Working Group, we’ve discovered that many of the breakfast cereals are kids are eating could be reasonably marketed as desserts based on the amount of sugar per … Continue reading
