Comments on: Kellogg’s withdraws IMMUNITY claim!

By: BPA in Canned Foods and Immunity Boosting Cereals--News in Review | Home Ec

BPA in Canned Foods and Immunity Boosting Cereals--News in Review | Home Ec — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:15:36 +0000

[...] attorney requesting evidence that supports the claim. Marion Nestle has a nice discussion on her blog about the wiggle-room inherent in ’structure-function’ claims for food [...]

By: Rachel Assuncao

Rachel Assuncao — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:50:01 +0000

A friend bought a box with the Immunity claim in case it ever becomes a collector’s edition. She was astounded to see on the side of the box that Cocoa Krispies is now ‘diabetes friendly’! Really, not only does it boost your immunity, but it’s friendly to diabetics too? Seems Kellogg’s is getting desperate to keep the sales up on their sugary cereals. According to http://www.kelloggsnutrition.com/diabetes, Kellogg’s created their very own nutrition panel to create a set of criteria for their cereals to determine whether or not they are diabetes friendly and Cocoa Krispies met the criteria. I wonder what’s next?

By: Chris James

Chris James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:52:41 +0000

This is as bad as the Cherry 7UP with Antioxidants.

http://www.7up.com/text/dietcherry7up.aspx

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:51 +0000

I’m really glad about this one, since it had a real health risk to me: Every time I saw the packages, I thought I would DIE LAUGHING.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:55:39 +0000

Glad to see Kellogg’s is removing the immunity claims from the packaging. However, the company IS leaving up the claims to immunity on their website! So, a gain, but not a complete win.

By: Want to see a real food war? This is the stoush to watch – Croakey

Want to see a real food war? This is the stoush to watch – Croakey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:09:16 +0000

[...] health nutritionist Professor Marion Nestle wasn’t impressed by the FDA’s lack of action on the immunity claim, and said the city [...]

By: Rice Krispies Are Not Health Food, Much Less Magic « Cocking A Snook!

Rice Krispies Are Not Health Food, Much Less Magic « Cocking A Snook! — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:52 +0000

[...] Now FDA says structure-function claims are OK to use as long as they are truthful and not misleading. Misleading, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. [...]

By: À propos d’allégation sur l’immunité - Un article de Le Blog d’Albert Amgar

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:31:05 +0000

[...] lire aussi l’article de Marion Nestle sur ce sujet sur son blog, Food Politics, Kellogg’s withdraws IMMUNITY claim! ou Kellogg retire l’allégation sur [...]

By: Yum Yucky

Yum Yucky — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:16 +0000

HA! I’m am officially LOL’ing at these junk food products. They’re in desperation mode. So glad it backfired.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:32 +0000

My eyes about bugged out of my head when I saw those immunity boxes in the grocery store last week. Good riddance! These claims are getting absolutely ridiculous, but it’s good to see *something* getting done about them.