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Exactly what are ultra-processed foods and what makes them so unhealthy?

Note: Recently, an all-out PR push extolled the virtues and even the need for ultra-processed foods. Topped off with a Time Magazine…

Sep 30

Exactly what are ultra-processed foods and what makes them so unhealthy?

Sep 30

Umami: The Con of the Decade

Note: This blog, authored by Truth in Labeling Campaign co-founder Adrienne Samuels, is even more relevant today than when she wrote it…

Sep 23

Umami: The Con of the Decade

Sep 23

Something Fishy Is Going on with Canned Tuna

In 2022 we told you about a product put out by a company called Good Catch given the absurd name “fish-free tuna.”

Aug 9

Something Fishy Is Going on with Canned Tuna

Aug 9

If the ‘dose makes the poison’ there’s more than enough MSG and MSG-aliases in processed food to…

There’s more than enough excitotoxic glutamic acid (a.k.a. free glutamate) in processed foods to create the excesses needed to cause brain…

Aug 1

If the ‘dose makes the poison’ there’s more than enough MSG and MSG-aliases in processed food to…

Aug 1

The FDA’s Long Goodbye to Brominated Vegetable Oil: The Back Story

In July 2024, the U.S, Food and Drug Administration finally gave the boot to brominated vegetable oil, commonly called BVO. Its food…

Jul 23

The FDA’s Long Goodbye to Brominated Vegetable Oil: The Back Story

Jul 23

In memory and appreciation of Adrienne Samuels and her lasting impact on consumer safety and…

Adrienne Samuels, co-founder of the Truth in Labeling Campaign, passed away at her home in Chicago on June 20, 2024; she was 89.

Jul 7

In memory and appreciation of Adrienne Samuels and her lasting impact on consumer safety and…

Jul 7

Neither Fish nor Fowl, as Imitation Foods Flood the Market the FDA Looks the Other Way

It doesn’t take a degree in marine biology to know that a concoction of pea protein isolates, soy protein concentrate, lentil and faba…

Jun 27

Neither Fish nor Fowl, as Imitation Foods Flood the Market the FDA Looks the Other Way

Jun 27

Exactly what are ultra-processed foods and what makes them so unhealthy?

What makes a food “ultra-processed?”

Jun 13

Exactly what are ultra-processed foods and what makes them so unhealthy?

Jun 13

The Perfect Poison: The Story That Big Food and Its Friends at the FDA Don’t Want You To Know

Note: The Perfect Poison has a new link/location at Amazon. To purchase or share the book link, please click here…

Jun 6

The Perfect Poison: The Story That Big Food and Its Friends at the FDA Don’t Want You To Know

Jun 6

MSG on 60 Minutes got people riled up 30 years ago. Could it do the same thing today?

Thirty years ago this 60 Minutes program (video below) on MSG was the second most-watched show of the year. Despite that, the show’s…

May 28

MSG on 60 Minutes got people riled up 30 years ago. Could it do the same thing today?

May 28

The Truth in Labeling Campaign

The Truth in Labeling Campaign

TLC was incorporated in 1994 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing full and clear labeling of all processed food. www.truthinlabeling.org

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