Sentences with phrase «behind ingredient labels»

You need a fair amount of disposable income to afford ethical and sustainable consumption options, the leisure time to research the purchasing decisions you make, the luxury to turn up your nose at 95 % of what you're offered, and, arguably, a post-graduate degree in chemistry to understand the true meaning behind ingredient labels.

Ingredients in dog food have improved in that time and although allegations of all sorts of horrible conclusions still circulate, the truth behind the ingredient label is no longer a mystery.

Not exact matches

«OTA's leadership betrayed the more than 90 percent of Americans who support mandatory labeling of GMOs by working behind the scenes with federal lawmakers to craft a federal law that ensures food corporations will never have to reveal, in plain English on product labels, the GMO ingredients in their products,» Ronnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association, said in a statement.

Their emergence onto the food scene, making big claims for their products — be it natural, organic, sustainable, or fair trade — has seemingly caught the attention of consumers, particularly those aged 18 - 34 (although the 35 - 44 year age group is not far behind), and has spread to impact on every aspect of food purchasing: 82 % of ingredient - conscious consumers believe that clean labels are important.

Hiding behind the shadowy «Grocery Manufacturers Association», Starbucks is supporting a lawsuit that's aiming to block a landmark law that requires genetically - modified ingredients be labeled.

While spinach is listed first on the front of the pouch, it's actually the third ingredient listed in the official «Nutrition Facts» label on the back, behind pear and mango.

The majority of the products lining the shelves at your local supplement store are packed full of ineffective ingredients that are NOT backed by any real scientific research... they're typically under - dosed, poorly formulated and have the specific ingredient amounts hidden behind «proprietary blends»... and in some cases they don't even actually contain what the label says.

We don't «dress» our labels with inferior amounts of bogus ingredients, and we will never hide our formulas behind proprietary blends.

Many of us TreeHuggers are avid label readers, and try to buy products we can stand behind, while avoiding those with sketchy ingredients or additives that may not be conducive to our health or that of our planet.