food labeling
By deebomb
@deebomb (15304)
United States
November 6, 2006 11:03am CST
I just read this article about Hannaford Brothers grocery store in new England that developed a system called Guiding Stars that rated the nutritional value of nearly all the food and drinks at its stores from zero to three stars
These included V8 vegetable juice (too much sodium), Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato soup (ditto), most Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice frozen dinners (ditto) and nearly all yogurt with fruit (too much sugar). Whole milk? Too much fat — no stars. Predictably, most fruits and vegetables did earn three stars, as did things like salmon and Post Grape-Nuts cereal. I wish more stores would post this.
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@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
23 Nov 06
In Australia legislation has been passed forcing manufacturers to put code on their products. They have until a certain time to comply, because obviously those who did not already have it on the labels might have had labels in stock.
It shall be interesting to see what happens when all manufacturers have to comply with this legislation. One thing I find is that where this information is already on the label, that is the brand that I buy all the time. It took me long enough standing around supermarket aisles finding out which ones were suitable, that I don't want to repeat it too often. :)
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@tmnjyk (3486)
• Canada
13 Nov 06
Oh, I think, if all stores would post those info that you have, I think they will lose a couple of sales:) 'cause more and more people nowadays are health conscious. And Yes, it would be really nice for us consumers if they put those labeling on their stores.
