FDA: Foods Containing High Fructose Corn Syrup Shouldn't Be Called "Natural"
Posted Oct 02 2008 3:12pm
Citing synthetic "fixing agents" used to manufacture it, an FDA official in charge of product evaluation and labeling said that "we would object to the use of the term 'natural' on a product containing HFCS," according to Lorraine Heller of FoodNavigator-USA.com.
This could be good news for people trying to eat well if it means that more food corporations will back off from labeling HFCS-sweetened foods as "natural," as Cadbury Schweppes and Kraft have already done.
Citing synthetic "fixing agents" used to manufacture it, an FDA official in charge of product evaluation and labeling said that "we would object to the use of the term 'natural' on a product containing HFCS," according to Lorraine Heller of FoodNavigator-USA.com.
This could be good news for people trying to eat well if it means that more food corporations will back off from labeling HFCS-sweetened foods as "natural," as Cadbury Schweppes and Kraft have already done.
Health blogger Rebecca Scritchfield provided the tip about this development.