Comments on: Smart Choices: 44% sugar calories!

By: Smart Choices « NotionsCapital

Smart Choices « NotionsCapital — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:36:54 +0000

[...] “Smart Choices: 44% sugar calories!” Marion Nestle, Food Politics [...]

By: Nutrition Rating Systems – the problem and a solution : Foodessentials

Nutrition Rating Systems – the problem and a solution : Foodessentials — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:33:11 +0000

[...] There has been a lot of attention given to nutrition rating systems of late, fueled by the launch of the controversial Smart Choices rating system. The controversy of the smart choices program, in brief, is that the criteria for what gets labelled a ¨smart choice¨ seem somewhat flimsy. For instance Marion Nestle examines the ¨smart choice¨ Froot Loops in this post here. [...]

By: Lisa Berkelhammer

Lisa Berkelhammer — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:00:17 +0000

The food industry is no friend to health. Go to the produce aisle please everyone.

By: SharpNews Everyday… » Marion Nestle: Kellogg’s asks for a Froot Loops correction. More on Smart (?) Choices

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:02:29 +0000

[...] had seen my previous blog post on the Smart Choices program, and wanted me to know that Froot Loops has been reformulated to [...]

By: Marion Nestle: Kellogg’s asks for a Froot Loops correction. More on Smart (?) Choices | DoisPontoZero

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:43:12 +0000

[...] had seen my previous blog post on the Smart Choices program, and wanted me to know that Froot Loops has been reformulated to [...]

By: davidk

davidk — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:21:13 +0000

All 203 cereals on the “Smart Choices” list are produced by three companies: General Mills, Kelloggs, and Quaker.

What does that tell you?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:56:31 +0000

I’m waiting for organic froot loops… that’ll confuse the shoppers. “mommy, mommy it’s organic, mommy mommy it’s organic…”"

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:35:15 +0000

Outrageous and upsetting. As the parent of three sugar-sensitive children, I’m more and more inclined to just make everything myself. They have developed progressive allergies over the years and I’m convinced, anectodally, that the root of the allergies are due to this kind of stuff that’s added to almost all mass produced/marketed products. Thanks for the alert on this!

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:01:34 +0000

One look at the ingredients list- sugar, trans fat, artificial colors and flavors, and BHT tells that this should not be consumed by anyone, let alone be a “Smart Choice”.
The American Society of Nutrition should be pushing for real food, not processed junk. This whole thing is very sad.

By: Daddy, Papa and Me » Emma, this is why we don’t buy Fruitloops

Daddy, Papa and Me » Emma, this is why we don’t buy Fruitloops — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:08:33 +0000

[...] Choice-marked Fruit Loops with 1/2 cup nonfat milk, the one that Marion Nestle writes about here: Food Politics » Smart Choices: 44% sugar calories! and I’ll give our breakfast the disadvantage of going organic. So when Emma gets older and [...]