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Confusing and surprisingly contentious.

There is wood pulp in your “100 percent grated cheese.” Is that a problem?

01.08.2021
Sam Bloch
When meat is sourced from “independent family farms,” what does that really mean?
01.05.2021
by Jessica Fu
FDA sends Whole Foods CEO John Mackey warning letter over pattern of mislabeling allergens
12.22.2020
by Jessica Fu
In the most popular nutrition journals, 1 in 7 articles have food industry involvement
12.16.2020
by Jessica Fu
Less than half of Americans know that alcohol is a carcinogen. Big Booze wants to keep it that way.
12.01.2020
by Jessica Fu
Sesame may finally get official recognition as one of our most common allergens
11.23.2020
by Sam Bloch
Explore the subliminal messaging on your Halloween candy’s label
10.27.2020
by Michael Waters
Lawsuit claims “all natural” salmon “from Maine” is neither of these things
08.17.2020
by H. Claire Brown
American lamb producers are beefing with New Zealand over—what else?—meat labeling
11.21.2019
by Jessica Fu
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