What Is On Your Food Label? Food labels offer help in understanding food nutrition, health impacts, freshness, and storage. Marketing also plays a part on the food label, helping advertise the ideas of organic, natural, or fresh. In the US, the Nutrition Facts label is being updated to reflect consumer demands on wanting to know more about their food. This FoodChat conversation looks at some of the issues and concerns plus offers thoughts on the food label future.
Complete Twitter conversation for FoodChat on Food Labels .
- What do you wish food labels really told you?
- How do you evaluate packaged ingredients or foods bearing the ‘natural’ label?
- Do your children read food labels and know what some of the key elements mean?
- What is the most misleading food/restaurant advertisement you’ve recently viewed?
- Do you read the food labels or just glance at them?
- In a professional & respectful manner answer the following: Are you for or against GMO labels? Why/why not?
- What are your opinions on food waste due to best before dates? Does law need to be changed to reduce this waste?
- McDonald’s claims to serve 50 million daily. Do you think this stat is accurate? Should companies be allowed to market like this?
- Vote ‘for’ or ‘against’ labeling requirements to list all ag ingredients? (regardless of min. %’s) Why/why not?
- Should the government define the term ‘natural’ so there is a universal, clear understanding?
- The term ‘gluten free’ is used on many foods which have never contained gluten (ie milk). Is this misleading to eaters?
- What are your thoughts on the proposed food nutrition label updates? See http://healthland.time.com/2014/01/24/fda-revising-food-nutrition-labels/
- If the new labeling happens: born/raised/slaughtered will consumer be extra picky studying the label? Will it affect prices?