The traffic light labeling system, which clearly indicates whether foods have high, low or medium levels of fats, sugar and salt, has enjoyed good success with consumers in England and is even being adopted in other parts of the world. Some supermarkets have expressed displeasure over the system, but now five major food manufacturers are launching their own campaign to try to bring it down.
Critics of the GDA plan say that percentages are too confusing for the average consumer and that they need the black and white (or red and green) of the traffic system to help them make food choices. A trial run should help determine wither the GDA will catch on.
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9-03-2006 @ 8:11PM
Dr. Electro said...
I for one read every label on every edible product I buy. I decide for myself which foods I am willing to risk putting in my body. If today's food labeling had been available in my youth I might not have contracted type 2 diabetes.
Traffic light labeling is too simplistic for my purposes. I actually have to read the list of ingredients to avoid purchasing ingredients that are harmful to me or to my wife.
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9-03-2006 @ 9:13PM
Camille Bauman said...
Well, of course the food manufacturers are upset....their profits will be affected when the public starts to realize how much hidden fat, sugar and salt is in their cleverly disguised products. Not everyone is reading the "fine print", even though they should.
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