Very neat. Via Boing Boing.
Very neat. Via Boing Boing.
And I know ya’ll were just horrified that you had forgotten to mark it on your calendar on that beepy thing you carry around. So I am graciously offering up this tidbit of high drama and angst for your view pleasure. Here’s a liveblog of the event, here are some reviews. Enjoy!
Disgusting. Transcript here.
Getting the recommended five servings a day of fruits and vegetables can be challenging enough without having to worry if the fruits you are eating are actual fruit.
An investigation by the nonprofit Consumer Wellness Center has revealed that a large number of commercial blueberry food products do not contain real blueberries.
Even some products with “fresh from the farm” pictures of blueberries right on the front of the package, did not contain any blueberries in the ingredients list.
In place of real blueberries were sugar, corn syrup, starch, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors and dyes—most commonly blue No. 2 and red No. 40.
Among the offenders were Kellogg’s and General Mills, owner of Betty Crocker and Fiber One.
h/t @Donna_G_Kirby
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