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Grr…Lick the Bittersweet Symphony That is Life

(Image courtesy of www.sporeflections.wordpress.com) Can you imagine anything worse than being somewhere in public and realizing your breath is loaded with a smell so pungent that it’s offending...

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Take a Hint from the Brazilian Mint

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme -Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair” And mint. (www.pintosbeans.wordpress.com) An ace natural pain-killer for...

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No Memories of Ginkgo biloba

This post is an anti-climactic one. It talks about what a herb that was thought so far to have a certain effect, does not actually have that effect. While not the most encouraging, if you were a Ginkgo...

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Aloe vera on your skin, and in your teeth

Aloe Vera Plant (courtesy www.keetsa.com) Aloe. The phrase “aloe vera” brings up the image of something soft and commercials that incessantly interrupt TV shows. While aloe is an ingredient many...

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Fancy Food Show – A Grocery Bag of Tasty Treats

Who doesn’t like food? Especially fancy food. Lot’s of people do as judged by the crowds filling the aisles and booths of the Moscone Center for the 35th Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. With...

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Sustainable Wine Review: “Wine From Here” a New Documentary about Natural Wine

I’m a big fan of Kickstarter, the crowd funding platform for creative endeavors. So, when I was helping my friends at Toast Wine Lounge in Oakland, CA run their Kickstarter campaign and we got a...

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Skinny Girl Cocktails Contain E211 – An Additive Linked to Aging, Cancer

Two days ago I wrote about how Skinny Girl ‘natural’ cocktails, the fastest growing spirit brand in America and the brain child of Bethenny Frankel of the Real Housewives of New York City, had been...

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Kashi and the GMO Backlash

Consumers are outraged that many of Kashi’s “natural” products contain GMOs. A friend of mine recently shared an image on Facebook from a grocer that pulled Kashi after discovering that their products...

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Air: Not Just All-Natural Water + Alcohol

  Hmmm. A new “low-calorie” drink has hit the market: Air or Alcohol Inspired Refresher. The company is marketing this drink as “water + alcohol,” “all-natural” (and we know how little that means!),...

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Don’t Be Leanwashed: Five Food-Words That Should Be Banned

Are Froot Loops healthy because they’re “made with whole grains”? Is a 100-calorie bag of cookies good for you? We’re bombarded with food labels and commercials designed to mislead. Food producers and...

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What Do Those Egg Carton Labels Really Tell You? (Infographic)

It’s no secret I cherish eggs. They are the only reason I eat breakfast (almost) every day. And while eggs have gotten a bad rap, they deliver a healthy dose of protein to keep you full and build...

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Right On, Target: The Major Retailer Introduces a New Healthy Food Collection

Shopping at Target just got more interesting. Last week, the major retailer announced they will introduce a new line of about 250 food and beverage items created to appeal to shoppers like us under the...

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Bogus ‘Natural’ Products Under Attack

I was thrilled to learn that in March of this year that the Organic Consumers Association has launched a nationwide campaign to “expose and eliminate the misleading practice of ‘natural’ labeling and...

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Naked Juice Removes ‘All Natural’ Label Because Of GMOs

PepsiCo brand Naked Juice will stop using ‘all natural’ to describe its products after agreeing to settle a US class action suit for $9 million. Naked Juice: No More ‘all natural’ labels According to...

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100% Natural Rhubarb Liqueur Hits The Shelves

Rhuby Rhubarb Liqueur seems to be 100% Natural. Truly. These days it seems like everyone wants to cash in on the $29 billion ‘natural’ foods market. Alcohol companies are no exception. Many, if not...

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7-Eleven Shuts Down False ‘Natural’ Advertising Lawsuit

7-Eleven Charged with False ‘Natural’ Advertising Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc. was about to join a growing list of companies that have been sued for mislabeling their food products with the...

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One-Stop-Shop Helps You Make Claims For False ‘Natural’ Labels

ClassActionRebates.com provides consumers with a “one-stop-shop” to find foods with false ‘natural’ labels and then file class action rebate claims online. Too many false ‘natural’ labels The website...

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Gerber Baby Food Gets False ‘Natural’ Label Lawsuit Dismissed

Like so many food companies under fire for misleading consumers with the term ‘natural’ on their product labels, Gerber has successfully tried to get a false ‘natural’ labeling lawsuit dismissed. Last...

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It Was Just a Matter of Time: PepsiCo Ditches ‘Natural’ for ‘Simply’

In the tsunami-like wake of lawsuits filed against major food brands for misuse of the word “natural” to market unnatural synthetic and genetically modified ingredients in products like Wesson Oil and...

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Top News from the Food Front: Ag-Gag Alert, GMNo, & Food-Package Poison

Idaho strides boldly towards hideousness, with its latest bill aimed at criminalizing animal-ag whistleblowers. Food stamp use rises among a population where it absolutely should not, and a new report...

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