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PoliticAverse

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 06:16 AM Dec 2013

As food labels get closer look, ingredients vanish

Last edited Wed Dec 18, 2013, 07:49 AM - Edit history (1)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Take another look at that food label. An ingredient or two may have vanished.

As Americans pay closer attention to what they eat, food and beverage companies are learning that unfamiliar ingredients can invite criticism from online petitions and bloggers. The risk of damaging publicity has proven serious enough that some manufacturers have reformulated top-selling products to remove mysterious, unpronounceable components that could draw suspicion.

Read the whole article at: http://www.elpasotimes.com/latestnews/ci_24746165/food-labels-get-closer-look-ingredients-vanish

(updated with alternate link provided by another DUer)

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As food labels get closer look, ingredients vanish (Original Post) PoliticAverse Dec 2013 OP
They've removed dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #1
Link broken Demit Dec 2013 #2
Sorry, try this link provided by Tace... PoliticAverse Dec 2013 #5
that works, thx Demit Dec 2013 #6
Try This Link Tace Dec 2013 #3
Good. k&r n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #4
Good news. jsr Dec 2013 #7
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