What exactly does it mean when an item in a grocery store is labeled, healthy? According to the FDA, you should take that designation with a grain of salt (plenty of which can be found in most of these recipes). Now the department is looking to add (and remove) some ingredients to its list of requirements, and big food is going bananas. “Under the proposal, manufacturers can label their products ‘healthy’ only if they contain a meaningful amount of food from at least one of the main food groups such as fruit, vegetable or dairy, as recommended by federal dietary guidelines. They must also adhere to specific limits for certain nutrients, such as saturated fat, sodium and added sugars.
It’s the added sugar limit that has been the sticking point for many food executives. The FDA’s previous rules put limits around saturated fat and sodium but did not include limits on added sugars.” WaPo (Gift Article): Food fight: FDA is redefining ‘healthy’ and food industry is pushing back. For now, it’s a piece of cake for a product to be classified as healthy—so easy that a piece a cake may qualify.

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