Tag: snacks
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Healthier Offerings Mandated for Seattle Vending Machines on City Property
The Seattle City Council has unanimously adopted a bill requiring 50 percent of the food and beverage offerings in vending machines operated on city property to be those deemed “healthier” and “healthiest” as defined by Public Health Seattle & King County’s “King County Healthy Vending Guidelines.” According to the guidelines, “healthier” items include baked potato…
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Consumer Claims Fruit Snack Marketing is False and Misleading
According to news sources, a New York woman is seeking $5 million in damages in a putative class action against General Mills, alleging that the company falsely promotes its Fruit Roll-Ups® and other fruit snacks as nutritious and healthy while failing to properly disclose to consumers that partially hydrogenated oil is a product ingredient. McClure…
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Rudd Center Claims Children Choose and Prefer Branded Snacks
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity has published a study purportedly showing that children “significantly preferred” snack foods branded with popular cartoon characters. Christina Roberto, et al., “Influence of Licensed Characters on Children’s Taste and Snack Preferences,” Pediatrics, June 2010. Researchers apparently asked 40 children between 4 and 6 years old to…