Author Archives: Linda Bonvie
While the big media “meat” of last year, pink slime, a filler in ground beef, got some extreme press exposure, there’s another additive present in meat – and chicken and pork and even farmed fish — that didn’t exactly ‘h...
Just the Facts! Deciphering Nutrition Labels, Watch the Video, too!
How much is that in HFCS? With all the confusing terms, claims and information to be found on food or beverage packaging, the most challenging can be those that are supposed to make everything perfectly clear – the “fact...
Food Fraud is on the Rise, New Study Finds
As if it wasn’t hard enough to shop for food, a new report out from the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has found that food fraud is on the rise, with olive oil, fish, milk, spices, honey and coffee the comm...
A “Water Enhancer”? Or Simply Something in the Water?
What happens when you take a perfectly drinkable glass of water and add some propylene glycol, acesulfame potassium, some artificial colors and a preservative? If you ask me, contaminated water. But if you’re a rea...
Citizens for Health Demands FDA Have Accurate Labeling for HFCS
Food Identity Theft — September 4, 2011: Last week I wrote about our petition here at Food Identity Theft to counteract the hype being dispensed by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) advising food and be...
Confusion Continues Over “Sugary Drinks” While “Unsu...
With the media still focused on the latest attempts at banning so-called “sugary drinks,” kicked off by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the end of May, a new report, with possibly much bigger implications...
“We’ve Been Slimed!”
Venkmen is slimed in the Ghostbuters. To borrow a term used in the movie “Ghostbusters,” we’ve been”slimed.” Only in this case, we’re not talking about some sort of otherworldly ooze, ...
Five Things You Need to Know About High Fructose Corn Syrup
Take Time to Stop the Scam Below! Since Food Identity Theft went online last September, we’ve been reporting on the many ways food manufacturers try to deceive us with misleading words, ingredients and fancy packag...
Top 10 Food Identity Theft Picks for 2011
What is Food Identity Theft? FoodIdentityTheft.com is a website that alerts consumers about threats to the food we buy for ourselves and our families. The website is sponsored by Citizens for Health, a non-profit ...
High Fructose To Be Renamed “Corn Sugar”?
The Lie of High Fructose Corn Syrup and Its New Name The 2010 petition from the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) to rebrand the unnatural and increasingly unpopular sweetener high fructose corn syrup as“corn sugar&r...







