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Did you know that, when used on food packaging, words such as “healthy” and “low-calorie” have specific definitions regulated by the USDA and FDA? If you’ve ever been wandering the aisles of a grocery store and wanted to know exactly how a giant sack of potato chips can get away with being labeled “light,” wonder no more.
The guys from Salt & Fat have put together a really nifty mobile app which defines words and phrases used on food packaging. Here’s their notes for the phrase “all natural:”
This term is so ubiquitous as to be useless. It’s possible for products labeled ‘natural’ to actually contain ingredients you’d never find in nature, like high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated fats. Check the ingredients to be sure.
The app is accessible via any mobile phone with a modern browser (iPhone, Android, Palm OS, etc). Punch this URL into your phone (it doesn’t show you much on a computer) and check it out today:
