You know the sayings, “you are what you eat” and “abs are made in the gym and revealed in the kitchen?” Well, it’s difficult for people to realize what they are truly eating, or cooking up in the kitchen, if they don’t understand how their food is produced. Many of the so-called “healthy foods” at local grocery stores are nutritionally deficient and full of chemicals, pesticides, and additives that disrupt your hormonal balance. Even though corporations and lobbyists don't want consumers knowing what's in their food or how their food is produced, we need more transparent foods labels so people know what they are putting in their bodies. As a customer you’re paying for this product. Therefore, you have the right to know if it’s a good long-term investment. A food label is defined as a source of advertising a food product. Manufacturers attempt to make their food product label as attractive as possible by using bright colors, bold text, food claims, and a lot of information. While too much information on a food label might cause painful headaches for consumers; it's all worth it due to many health and nutrition problems one may contract by eating this product. By law, manufacturers must abide by the standard code terms of what is put on their food label. “The Nutrition Education and Labeling Act of 1990 set the requirements for certain label information to ensure that food labels truthfully inform consumers about the nutrients and ingredients in the package” (Webb 51). In 2012, the FDA reviewed the details of the information, but in general, every packaged food must included: the common or usual name of the product, a barcode, the name and address of the manufacturer packer, or distributor, the net contents in terms of weight, m... ... middle of paper ... ...n electrical equipment because the labels are there for the consumer's own safety. Warning labels should be available in all foods so that consumers can get an accurate description of what they are buying and how it will affect their health, whether positively or negatively. Food labeling can be misleading and confusing as you can see. Manufactures should put a stop to this and simplify and makeover, there labels for us consumers. I think it will help buyers understand what they're eating and trust the manufactures on what they're making for us. If more consumers find out what’s really in the food they’re eating and how food labels are not always exact they will stop buying their food. What’s the point of putting information labels if it’s not the truth. I hope Manufactures make a change in this and make it easy for us to understand and let us trust the labels more.
Adverts often mask foods that are unhealthy by emphasising its positive nutritional features – such as dietary fibre and protein. While at the same time ignoring its negative features – including the high amounts of saturated fat and sugar contents. In some cases, even products that mention any alleged health benefits are usually are outweighed by the health risks associated with consuming the product, that they just fail to
Knowledge is power, the more the consumer knows about the food they are eating the healthier choices they’ll make. For instance, in McDonald’s Grilled Honey Mustard Snack Wrap and a small French fry, from McDonald’s is around $6.00 and contains 420 calories 24g of fat (6.0g saturated).If you were to compare that to a Big Mac meals that comes with medium size fries and coke soda would be about 980 calories the Snack Wrap would be a healthier alternative and it would be about the same price $6.00. When fast food chains put labels on their food like McDonald’s consumers can’t
Prepared foods aren’t covered under Food and Drug Administration labeling laws” (Zinczenko, 242). Although true, we do not need warning labels on unhealthy foods. Every single child in America is brought up in elementary school systems that have nutritional based classes. These children know from a young age that fast food is not good for you. They do not need a label to tell them something that they already know. Also, even if a label was to be put on these products, it would not change anything. People go into these places with the intent to eat and one label will not ultimately make them leave and go drive somewhere else since they are already at that
Many people have mixed emotions about implementing menu labeling. Sometimes it requires a lot more than just simply crunching the numbers. Eating healthy involves so much more than just looking at the number of calories in a particular food. It also involves looking at the sugars, trans fat, protein, sodium, etc. It is very important to have an experienced professional conduct the nutrition analysis to make sure the calorie information is
First of all, warning labels are not effective due to the simple and unattractive pictorial designs. Existing warning labels have been around since 1984 and they now go unnoticed because of small print with a plane black and white text, while design of the packaging overwhelms the warning label. After so m...
You’ll see most people do not read the labels of the food they are buying. This is because they don’t care, it takes time and people nowadays are very busy. Like Berry said, “they buy what they want-or what they have been persuaded to want-within the limits of what they can get.” People are accustomed to buying what they have been taught to buy by their parents or caretakers as they were growing up. We learn to eat what we have been given as children and we tend to follow that same pattern of eating, which, for most people, is what we can
Companies nowadays are using different and strong methods in marketing their food products. The Companies are very competitive, and the results can affect the people. When we think about this job field, it is convincing that those producers should use cleverly ways to gain their own living. In the other side they shouldn’t use misleading ways that could harm the people. Food companies should be straightforward with every marketing method they use. People have the right to know what they are consuming and also to know the effects of these products on them, whether it is harmful, useful, or even neutral.
Due to false advertising, I feel that certain food companies are being careless in trying to make people buy their products in order to make money in the quickest way possible. My only suggestions for this situation are either the companies to tell the truth about their products, or stop advertising completely. If the companies could spend more time researching the effects of their products, then they could make improvements to their foods or maybe find alternatives to the ingredients. That way people can make the right decisions in buying what is best for them and their children. Thank you for your time.
...blic knowledge. It will enable consumers to make conscious decisions on the food they are serving to themselves and their families. Using labels that include scientific names of additives, but no additional information is confusing to consumers. Additives like BVO or GMO’s can have the potential for health problems for some individuals. If the FDA required proper labeling of these ingredients, people could make the choice themselves. It is misleading to not include any ingredient in a product.
Pomeranz, Jennifer L. "A Comprehensive Strategy To Overhaul FDA Authority For Misleading Food Labels." American Journal Of Law & Medicine 39.4 (2013): 617-647. Academic Search Complete. Web. 4 Apr. 2014.
Food labelling laws make sure consumers get vital information about the foods they consume. Food businesses must label their food products legally and correctly. The overall aim of the food labelling regulations is to ensure that customers can make informed choices in relation to the food they consume, as well as to prevent any practices that may mislead the customer. It is required by law to have these items on labels:
...ly look at the false claims made by food industries expand on their already set regulations, making it harder for companies to get around them. However, if the FDA believes that their regulations are as specific as they can get, then there should be at least somebody to educate consumers about food labels and add more detail to nutritional value charts. Because without changing the way how information is provided and educating people, they will not be able to change their diets to improve nations overall health.
People often take in information without thinking about what it means or how valid it is. People also tend to consume food and beverages without thinking where it came from or how it was produced. The well-known saying, “do not believe everything you see and hear” is something more people should consider more often when thinking about the production and consumption of food in America. The American public is misinformed on many topics in the food industry. This can be compared to the message that the book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, delivers about how the public is deceived in regards to history. One specific food lie is how the Corn Refiners Association wants the public to believe that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is the same as sugar and is perfectly healthy for consumption. As some research suggests, this is a faulty food assumption.
On every food product there is a table of nutritional information that states the exact health contents of the food. There is also a list of ingredients that provides consumers with details regarding the food. In today’s times, consumers are flooded with choices of seemingly similar products. I do not know the difference in nutrition amongst these products. Food labelling is often misleading and deceptive, and I feel as if I have been left in the dark, but also that there is a hidden shadow side that may exist as consumers’ ignoracne may lead to naive incorrect choices.
You walk into the grocery store expecting to boost your immune system through proper nutrition. You grab a bottle that says "Complete Nutrition". If you 're like most people, you trust the label without a second thought and proceed to checkout. But do you really know what you are putting into your body? How can you know if you never checked the nutritional information? Nutrition labels are important because they can be the determining factors in a healthy longevity. The nutrition label is imperative because it helps you make healthier food choices, it emphasizes the importance of nutrition, and it is key to a thorough health.