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Fiber","publishDate":1508755824,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttps://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/10/20171023_me_the_fda_will_decide_if_these_26_ingredients_count_as_fiber.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What counts as dietary fiber? That's up for debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing 26 ingredients that food manufacturers use to bulk up the fiber content of processed foods to determine if there's a health benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a nutrition-label reader, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/labelingnutrition/ucm528582.htm\">list\u003c/a> includes some familiar-ish sounding ingredients — such as \u003ca href=\"http://jn.nutrition.org/content/129/7/1402S.full\">inulin\u003c/a>, which is often sourced from chicory root.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other ingredients on the \"do-these-count-as-fiber?\" list include gum acacia, bamboo fiber, retrograded corn starch, and — get ready for a tongue-twister — xylooligosaccharides. Some of these fibers are extracted from plant sources, while others are synthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some critics argue that the FDA should not allow these added fibers to count as fiber on Nutrition Facts labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The food industry has high-jacked the advice to eat more fiber by putting isolated, highly processed fiber into what are essentially junk foods,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/biography/bonnie-liebman\">Bonnie Liebman\u003c/a> of the consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bunch of packaged foods contain added fiber. Some examples include \u003ca href=\"http://www.fiberone.com/product/90-calorie-chocolate-fudge-brownie/\">Fiber One\u003c/a> bar products, some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/products/kellogg-s-apple-jacks-cereal-product.html#nutrition-modal\">cereal\u003c/a> and instant \u003ca href=\"http://www.quakeroats.com/products/hot-cereals/high-fiber/maple-and-brown-sugar.aspx\">oatmeal\u003c/a> products, as well as some \u003ca href=\"https://www.barilla.com/en-us/products/pasta/white-fiber/white-fiber-spaghetti\">pastas\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://thomasbreads.com/products/high-fiber-english-muffins\">English Muffins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liebman says most people know that an apple is a healthier choice than a high-fiber brownie, but when they see high fiber counts on the label, \"it may just be enough to convince them to go with the brownie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"Left: grape juice with resistant maltodextrin as added fiber. Right: a banana that naturally contains fiber and other nutrients.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121974\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-160x64.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-800x320.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-768x307.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-1020x408.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-1180x472.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-960x384.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-240x96.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-375x150.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-520x208.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: grape juice with resistant maltodextrin as added fiber. Right: a banana that naturally contains fiber and other nutrients. \u003ccite>(Carolyn Rogers/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liebman argues a much better way to get the recommended 25 to 38 grams of daily fiber is to eat more foods that are naturally rich in fiber such as fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-fiber diets may help \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/01/464854395/a-diet-high-in-fiber-may-help-protect-against-breast-cancer\">protect against\u003c/a> a range of diseases, from Type 2 diabetes and heart disease to certain types of cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA lists a range of health benefits linked to dietary fiber. For instance, fiber can help lower blood glucose and cholesterol levels, as well as blood pressure. Fiber can also aid laxation and bowel function, and it can promote a feeling of fullness, which may lead people to eat less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA is in the process of determining whether isolated and synthetic fibers provide a beneficial physiological effect to human health. The agency says, going forward, there must be at least one demonstrated benefit. \"Only fibers that meet the definition can be declared as a dietary fiber on the Nutrition Facts label,\" according to this \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/labelingnutrition/ucm528582.htm\">Q & A\u003c/a> about the review process. The agency is in the process of reviewing the science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food industry has weighed in, pointing to the demonstrated benefits of some of these added fibers. \"I think the main benefit is that they contribute to regularity and laxation,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.gmaonline.org/news-events/newsroom/grocery-manufacturers-association-appoints-robert-burns-vice-president-heal/\">Robert Burns, vice president of health and nutrition policy\u003c/a> at the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Burns says most people don't consume enough fiber, so \"if you can supplement [with] snack bars that people are eating, it [can] go a long way to meeting dietary recommendations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say an optimal diet is one that includes lots of whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains. These foods are not only naturally rich in fiber, they also contain other beneficial compounds such as vitamins, minerals and anti-inflammatory compounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Highly processed snack bars typically contain combinations of processed starch and added sugar. They're low in vitamins and minerals,\" says Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/david-ludwig/\">David Ludwig\u003c/a> of the Harvard School of Public Health. \"Just adding isolated fiber back in [to these processed foods] does not cover up for those nutritional deficiencies.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2017 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Chicory root. Bamboo. Soy fiber: Manufacturers can use these to add fiber to foods. Critics say this makes snack foods seem healthy. FDA will decide if these can count as fiber on nutrition labels.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1508756806,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":633},"headData":{"title":"The FDA Will Decide If These 26 Ingredients Count As Fiber | KQED","description":"Chicory root. Bamboo. Soy fiber: Manufacturers can use these to add fiber to foods. Critics say this makes snack foods seem healthy. FDA will decide if these can count as fiber on nutrition labels.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"121967 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=121967","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2017/10/23/the-fda-will-decide-if-these-26-ingredients-count-as-fiber/","disqusTitle":"The FDA Will Decide If These 26 Ingredients Count As Fiber","source":"Marketing, Advertising & Labeling","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/marketing-and-advertising/","nprImageCredit":"Carolyn Rogers","nprByline":"Allison Aubrey, NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"NPR","nprStoryId":"558761819","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=558761819&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/23/558761819/the-fda-will-decide-if-these-26-ingredients-count-as-fiber?ft=nprml&f=558761819","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Mon, 23 Oct 2017 05:00:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Mon, 23 Oct 2017 04:54:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:18:14 -0400","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/10/20171023_me_the_fda_will_decide_if_these_26_ingredients_count_as_fiber.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=255&p=3&story=558761819&t=progseg&e=559437329&seg=2&ft=nprml&f=558761819","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1559454597-56209a.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=255&p=3&story=558761819&t=progseg&e=559437329&seg=2&ft=nprml&f=558761819","path":"/bayareabites/121967/the-fda-will-decide-if-these-26-ingredients-count-as-fiber","audioUrl":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/10/20171023_me_the_fda_will_decide_if_these_26_ingredients_count_as_fiber.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=255&p=3&story=558761819&t=progseg&e=559437329&seg=2&ft=nprml&f=558761819","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"nprOneAudioLink","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2017/10/20171023_me_the_fda_will_decide_if_these_26_ingredients_count_as_fiber.mp3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What counts as dietary fiber? That's up for debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing 26 ingredients that food manufacturers use to bulk up the fiber content of processed foods to determine if there's a health benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a nutrition-label reader, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/labelingnutrition/ucm528582.htm\">list\u003c/a> includes some familiar-ish sounding ingredients — such as \u003ca href=\"http://jn.nutrition.org/content/129/7/1402S.full\">inulin\u003c/a>, which is often sourced from chicory root.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other ingredients on the \"do-these-count-as-fiber?\" list include gum acacia, bamboo fiber, retrograded corn starch, and — get ready for a tongue-twister — xylooligosaccharides. Some of these fibers are extracted from plant sources, while others are synthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some critics argue that the FDA should not allow these added fibers to count as fiber on Nutrition Facts labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The food industry has high-jacked the advice to eat more fiber by putting isolated, highly processed fiber into what are essentially junk foods,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/biography/bonnie-liebman\">Bonnie Liebman\u003c/a> of the consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bunch of packaged foods contain added fiber. Some examples include \u003ca href=\"http://www.fiberone.com/product/90-calorie-chocolate-fudge-brownie/\">Fiber One\u003c/a> bar products, some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/products/kellogg-s-apple-jacks-cereal-product.html#nutrition-modal\">cereal\u003c/a> and instant \u003ca href=\"http://www.quakeroats.com/products/hot-cereals/high-fiber/maple-and-brown-sugar.aspx\">oatmeal\u003c/a> products, as well as some \u003ca href=\"https://www.barilla.com/en-us/products/pasta/white-fiber/white-fiber-spaghetti\">pastas\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://thomasbreads.com/products/high-fiber-english-muffins\">English Muffins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liebman says most people know that an apple is a healthier choice than a high-fiber brownie, but when they see high fiber counts on the label, \"it may just be enough to convince them to go with the brownie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"Left: grape juice with resistant maltodextrin as added fiber. Right: a banana that naturally contains fiber and other nutrients.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121974\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-160x64.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-800x320.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-768x307.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-1020x408.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-1180x472.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-960x384.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-240x96.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-375x150.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2017/10/fiber_food_custom-c2a46043d01db17ffb7222191c126f3ad23e7217-s1600-c85-520x208.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: grape juice with resistant maltodextrin as added fiber. Right: a banana that naturally contains fiber and other nutrients. \u003ccite>(Carolyn Rogers/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liebman argues a much better way to get the recommended 25 to 38 grams of daily fiber is to eat more foods that are naturally rich in fiber such as fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-fiber diets may help \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/01/464854395/a-diet-high-in-fiber-may-help-protect-against-breast-cancer\">protect against\u003c/a> a range of diseases, from Type 2 diabetes and heart disease to certain types of cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA lists a range of health benefits linked to dietary fiber. For instance, fiber can help lower blood glucose and cholesterol levels, as well as blood pressure. Fiber can also aid laxation and bowel function, and it can promote a feeling of fullness, which may lead people to eat less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA is in the process of determining whether isolated and synthetic fibers provide a beneficial physiological effect to human health. The agency says, going forward, there must be at least one demonstrated benefit. \"Only fibers that meet the definition can be declared as a dietary fiber on the Nutrition Facts label,\" according to this \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/labelingnutrition/ucm528582.htm\">Q & A\u003c/a> about the review process. The agency is in the process of reviewing the science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food industry has weighed in, pointing to the demonstrated benefits of some of these added fibers. \"I think the main benefit is that they contribute to regularity and laxation,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.gmaonline.org/news-events/newsroom/grocery-manufacturers-association-appoints-robert-burns-vice-president-heal/\">Robert Burns, vice president of health and nutrition policy\u003c/a> at the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Burns says most people don't consume enough fiber, so \"if you can supplement [with] snack bars that people are eating, it [can] go a long way to meeting dietary recommendations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say an optimal diet is one that includes lots of whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains. These foods are not only naturally rich in fiber, they also contain other beneficial compounds such as vitamins, minerals and anti-inflammatory compounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Highly processed snack bars typically contain combinations of processed starch and added sugar. They're low in vitamins and minerals,\" says Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/david-ludwig/\">David Ludwig\u003c/a> of the Harvard School of Public Health. \"Just adding isolated fiber back in [to these processed foods] does not cover up for those nutritional deficiencies.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2017 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/121967/the-fda-will-decide-if-these-26-ingredients-count-as-fiber","authors":["byline_bayareabites_121967"],"categories":["bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_4084","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_358"],"tags":["bayareabites_2608","bayareabites_13570","bayareabites_1002","bayareabites_10774"],"featImg":"bayareabites_121968","label":"source_bayareabites_121967"},"bayareabites_112485":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_112485","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"112485","score":null,"sort":[1475510962000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"fda-is-redefining-the-term-healthy-on-food-labels","title":"FDA Is Redefining The Term 'Healthy' On Food Labels","publishDate":1475510962,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttps://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2016/10/20161003_me_fda_is_redefining_the_term_healthy_on_food_labels.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, you're looking for a quick grab-and-go snack, and there's a row of energy bars at the checkout counter. Are they a healthy option?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maker of Kind bars thinks so. The company has used the phrase \"healthy and tasty\" on some of its products that contain lots of nuts. But, here's the issue: The bars contained too much fat to meet the Food and Drug Administration's strict low-fat definition of healthy. So, as we \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/10/477514200/why-the-fda-is-reevaluating-the-nutty-definition-of-healthy-food\">reported last May\u003c/a>, the company helped launch a petition to challenge the status quo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the FDA has \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm520695.htm\">begun the process of redefining the term\u003c/a> \"healthy\" on food labels. Policymakers are looking for input from food makers, health experts and the public. You can weigh in with your ideas about what factors and criteria should be used for the new definition. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.regulations.gov/\">Submit \u003c/a>electronic comments directly to the FDA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As our understanding about nutrition has evolved, we need to make sure the definition for the 'healthy' labeling claim stays up to date,\" writes Douglas Balentine, who directs the Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how has nutrition science — and the thinking about what's healthful — evolved?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's start with fat. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/28/295332576/why-we-got-fatter-during-the-fat-free-food-boom\">fat-free era\u003c/a> has come and gone. \"The most recent public health recommendations now focus on type of fat, rather than amount of fat,\" Balentine writes in a blog post for the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the type of fats found in \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/01/07/375653050/take-a-swipe-at-bad-cholesterol-eat-an-avocado-a-day\">avocados \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=246549388\">nuts \u003c/a>are considered healthful fats. We're encouraged to eat more plant-based fats and omega-3s from fatty fish, whereas the U.S. Dietary Guidelines\u003ca href=\"https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/chapter-1/key-recommendations/\"> recommend\u003c/a> limiting saturated fats — the type of fat found in meat and other animal products — to less than 10 percent of your total daily calorie intake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The modernized definition of \"healthy\" will also likely address sugar content. The FDA is taking into account all of the newer evidence \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/02/03/271130613/sweet-tooth-gone-bad-why-22-teaspoons-of-sugar-per-day-is-deadly\">linking\u003c/a> excessive sugar intake to heart disease and obesity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our thinking about sugars has changed,\" Balentine told us, \"so I would think the amount of sugar in products is something we [will] take into account.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an ideal world, people wouldn't need labels to signal which food choices are healthful. As nutrition guru \u003ca href=\"http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Marion_Nestle\">Marion Nestle\u003c/a> of New York University, tells us, \"if people want to eat healthfully, we know how to do that. That's eating lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.\" And she says we should eat packaged and processed foods in much smaller amounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think we should have health claims [on food packages] at all,\" Nestle tells us. \"They're inherently misleading,\" because food companies use them as a marketing tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the FDA's Douglas Balentine pushes back, pointing out that Americans are looking for information on food packages to help them make better decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The typical consumer makes a purchase decision in three to five seconds. They don't have a lot of time,\" Balentine says. So, he says, an up-to-date \"healthy\" label will give people a quick way to identify better-for-you options. \"We want to give consumers the best tools and information about the foods they choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Last year, the FDA told the maker of Kind bars some of its nut-filled snacks couldn't be labeled as \"healthy.\" Now the agency is rethinking what healthy means, amid evolving science on fat and sugar.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1546456008,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":572},"headData":{"title":"FDA Is Redefining The Term 'Healthy' On Food Labels | KQED","description":"Last year, the FDA told the maker of Kind bars some of its nut-filled snacks couldn't be labeled as "healthy." 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Are they a healthy option?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maker of Kind bars thinks so. The company has used the phrase \"healthy and tasty\" on some of its products that contain lots of nuts. But, here's the issue: The bars contained too much fat to meet the Food and Drug Administration's strict low-fat definition of healthy. So, as we \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/10/477514200/why-the-fda-is-reevaluating-the-nutty-definition-of-healthy-food\">reported last May\u003c/a>, the company helped launch a petition to challenge the status quo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the FDA has \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm520695.htm\">begun the process of redefining the term\u003c/a> \"healthy\" on food labels. Policymakers are looking for input from food makers, health experts and the public. You can weigh in with your ideas about what factors and criteria should be used for the new definition. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.regulations.gov/\">Submit \u003c/a>electronic comments directly to the FDA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As our understanding about nutrition has evolved, we need to make sure the definition for the 'healthy' labeling claim stays up to date,\" writes Douglas Balentine, who directs the Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how has nutrition science — and the thinking about what's healthful — evolved?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's start with fat. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/28/295332576/why-we-got-fatter-during-the-fat-free-food-boom\">fat-free era\u003c/a> has come and gone. \"The most recent public health recommendations now focus on type of fat, rather than amount of fat,\" Balentine writes in a blog post for the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the type of fats found in \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/01/07/375653050/take-a-swipe-at-bad-cholesterol-eat-an-avocado-a-day\">avocados \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=246549388\">nuts \u003c/a>are considered healthful fats. We're encouraged to eat more plant-based fats and omega-3s from fatty fish, whereas the U.S. Dietary Guidelines\u003ca href=\"https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/chapter-1/key-recommendations/\"> recommend\u003c/a> limiting saturated fats — the type of fat found in meat and other animal products — to less than 10 percent of your total daily calorie intake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The modernized definition of \"healthy\" will also likely address sugar content. The FDA is taking into account all of the newer evidence \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/02/03/271130613/sweet-tooth-gone-bad-why-22-teaspoons-of-sugar-per-day-is-deadly\">linking\u003c/a> excessive sugar intake to heart disease and obesity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our thinking about sugars has changed,\" Balentine told us, \"so I would think the amount of sugar in products is something we [will] take into account.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an ideal world, people wouldn't need labels to signal which food choices are healthful. As nutrition guru \u003ca href=\"http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Marion_Nestle\">Marion Nestle\u003c/a> of New York University, tells us, \"if people want to eat healthfully, we know how to do that. That's eating lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.\" And she says we should eat packaged and processed foods in much smaller amounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think we should have health claims [on food packages] at all,\" Nestle tells us. \"They're inherently misleading,\" because food companies use them as a marketing tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the FDA's Douglas Balentine pushes back, pointing out that Americans are looking for information on food packages to help them make better decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The typical consumer makes a purchase decision in three to five seconds. They don't have a lot of time,\" Balentine says. So, he says, an up-to-date \"healthy\" label will give people a quick way to identify better-for-you options. \"We want to give consumers the best tools and information about the foods they choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/112485/fda-is-redefining-the-term-healthy-on-food-labels","authors":["byline_bayareabites_112485"],"categories":["bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_4084","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555"],"tags":["bayareabites_2608","bayareabites_310","bayareabites_10774"],"featImg":"bayareabites_112486","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_111224":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_111224","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"111224","score":null,"sort":[1470265135000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"organic-food-fights-back-against-non-gmo-rival","title":"Organic Food Fights Back Against 'Non-GMO' Rival","publishDate":1470265135,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/08/20160803_atc_organic_food_fights_back_against_non-gmo_rival.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did a little experiment the other day. I stood outside a Whole Foods Market in Washington, D.C., with two cartons of large brown eggs. One carton had the words \"Non-GMO Project Verified\" on it, with a little orange butterfly. It also said cage-free. The other carton had a different label; a green and white circle with the words \"USDA Organic.\" One other crucial difference: the organic carton cost 50 cents more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked shoppers which carton they would buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They both sound good,\" says Anna Hansen, sounding indecisive. \"If it's non-GMO, great. If it's USDA organic, great. I don't know!\" Then she pointed at the non-GMO carton. \"This one's a little cheaper, I guess I'd go with this one.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the shoppers I met made the same choice, and they're joined by millions of shoppers across the country. \"We've seen exponential growth since our label first launched in 2010,\" says Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nongmoproject.org/\">Non-GMO Project\u003c/a>, which is responsible for that label on the eggs. \"We're currently at about $16 billion in annual sales of products that have the butterfly on them. Just two years ago, we were at $7 billion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organic food sales are growing, too, but not as rapidly. And it's creating some soul-searching among organic companies, some of which actually launched the Non-GMO Project because they wanted to have their products tested for the presence of GMOs.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>The official organic rules, while they prohibit the use of genetic engineering, do not require organic food companies to test their ingredients for the presence of GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a concern, for sure, that consumers are getting ripped off, or that they're not getting what they think they're getting,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://us.naturespath.com/company-info/our-people/dagfalck\">Dag Falck\u003c/a>, the organic program manager at Nature's Path Organic Foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The non-GMO label has always had its critics. Some people say it's misleading because it implies that non-GMO foods are better for you. Scientists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have said repeatedly that this is not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, organic food companies are starting — cautiously — to voice concerns about the non-GMO label, too. They're worried that shoppers have become so fixated on GMOs that they don't realize how little it actually means, compared to organic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a little frustrating, to be honest,\" says Jesse LaFlamme, CEO and owner of \u003ca href=\"http://peteandgerrys.com/\">Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs\u003c/a>. \"OK, it's great that there's a non-GMO symbol on there. But do you understand that that product might have been produced with pesticides, antibiotics, and with no regard for animal welfare?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Batcha, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/\">Organic Trade Association\u003c/a>, puts it this way: \"Non-GMO is agriculture before GMOs were introduced, which is still chemical agriculture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to see what this means, in practice, is the farm near Cerro Gordo, Ill., where Allen Williams grows corn, soybeans and a variety of other crops. It's an unusual farm, because Williams grows crops three different ways: Some are organic, some are \"verified non-GMO\" and some are genetically modified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the way Williams sees it, there are basically two kinds of agriculture here: certified organic and conventional. He considers both the non-GMO and the GMO crops to be conventional, because when it comes to farming practices, both are very similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For both of those groups of crops, he uses factory-supplied fertilizers and chemical weedkillers. The only real difference is, he can use a cheaper weedkiller — glyphosate — on the genetically modified soybeans, and spray it right on top of the crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Williams shows me his organic farming. That's a whole different system. His organic soybeans are also non-GMO, but that's only a tiny part of what makes them organic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out a huge pile of chicken manure, which he will use as fertilizer. To control the weeds, he doesn't spray chemicals. Instead, he brings in local high school students who walk the rows and clear out the weeds by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of farmers don't want to make the effort to grow crops this way, and as a result, there's a shortage of organic soybeans and corn, which are needed to feed organic animals. It's driven the price of organic crops sky-high. That's great for farmers like Allen Williams. He earned more than twice as much money for a bushel of his organic soybeans, compared to his non-GMO beans.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expensive organic soybeans means expensive organic eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us back to Hansen, the shopper who preferred the cheaper non-GMO eggs. When I tell her why the non-GMO eggs were cheaper, she changes her mind. \"Now that I know that, I'd definitely pick the USDA Organic,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organic food companies are trying to get that message out, but Falck says it's a tough fight. The big problem, he says, is that \"organic\" means \"literally hundreds of things.\" The organic rules cover everything from food additives to animal welfare to soil fertility. Consumers respond better, he says, to a message that focuses on just one thing — like a ban on GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to get better at talking about what organic means, and simplify that message,\" says Falck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Westgate, from the Non-GMO Project, says that her organization doesn't want to undermine the organic program, which she says \"covers a lot of important things that the Non-GMO project doesn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is something that we are very sensitive to, and we talk about it a lot, how to protect that [organic] label,\" she says. \"We're trying not to step on anybody's toes. But at the same time, it's really important to test for GMOs.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sales of food labeled \"non-GMO\" are booming, and it's starting to annoy organic food companies. They see the non-GMO label as cut-rate competition that doesn't deliver what shoppers imagine.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1470266121,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1012},"headData":{"title":"Organic Food Fights Back Against 'Non-GMO' Rival | KQED","description":"Sales of food labeled "non-GMO" are booming, and it's starting to annoy organic food companies. They see the non-GMO label as cut-rate competition that doesn't deliver what shoppers imagine.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"111224 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=111224","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/08/03/organic-food-fights-back-against-non-gmo-rival/","disqusTitle":"Organic Food Fights Back Against 'Non-GMO' Rival","source":"Marketing, Advertising & Labeling","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/marketing-and-advertising/","nprImageCredit":"Morgan McCloy","nprByline":"Dan Charles, NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"NPR","nprStoryId":"487905333","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=487905333&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/03/487905333/organic-food-fights-back-against-non-gmo-rival?ft=nprml&f=487905333","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:40:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:30:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:30:11 -0400","nprAudio":"http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/08/20160803_atc_organic_food_fights_back_against_non-gmo_rival.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=225&p=2&story=487905333&t=progseg&e=488477817&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=487905333","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1488568448-76e53c.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=225&p=2&story=487905333&t=progseg&e=488477817&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=487905333","path":"/bayareabites/111224/organic-food-fights-back-against-non-gmo-rival","audioUrl":"http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/08/20160803_atc_organic_food_fights_back_against_non-gmo_rival.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=225&p=2&story=487905333&t=progseg&e=488477817&seg=8&ft=nprml&f=487905333","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/08/20160803_atc_organic_food_fights_back_against_non-gmo_rival.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did a little experiment the other day. I stood outside a Whole Foods Market in Washington, D.C., with two cartons of large brown eggs. One carton had the words \"Non-GMO Project Verified\" on it, with a little orange butterfly. It also said cage-free. The other carton had a different label; a green and white circle with the words \"USDA Organic.\" One other crucial difference: the organic carton cost 50 cents more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked shoppers which carton they would buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They both sound good,\" says Anna Hansen, sounding indecisive. \"If it's non-GMO, great. If it's USDA organic, great. I don't know!\" Then she pointed at the non-GMO carton. \"This one's a little cheaper, I guess I'd go with this one.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the shoppers I met made the same choice, and they're joined by millions of shoppers across the country. \"We've seen exponential growth since our label first launched in 2010,\" says Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nongmoproject.org/\">Non-GMO Project\u003c/a>, which is responsible for that label on the eggs. \"We're currently at about $16 billion in annual sales of products that have the butterfly on them. Just two years ago, we were at $7 billion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organic food sales are growing, too, but not as rapidly. And it's creating some soul-searching among organic companies, some of which actually launched the Non-GMO Project because they wanted to have their products tested for the presence of GMOs.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>The official organic rules, while they prohibit the use of genetic engineering, do not require organic food companies to test their ingredients for the presence of GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a concern, for sure, that consumers are getting ripped off, or that they're not getting what they think they're getting,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://us.naturespath.com/company-info/our-people/dagfalck\">Dag Falck\u003c/a>, the organic program manager at Nature's Path Organic Foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The non-GMO label has always had its critics. Some people say it's misleading because it implies that non-GMO foods are better for you. Scientists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have said repeatedly that this is not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, organic food companies are starting — cautiously — to voice concerns about the non-GMO label, too. They're worried that shoppers have become so fixated on GMOs that they don't realize how little it actually means, compared to organic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a little frustrating, to be honest,\" says Jesse LaFlamme, CEO and owner of \u003ca href=\"http://peteandgerrys.com/\">Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs\u003c/a>. \"OK, it's great that there's a non-GMO symbol on there. But do you understand that that product might have been produced with pesticides, antibiotics, and with no regard for animal welfare?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Batcha, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/\">Organic Trade Association\u003c/a>, puts it this way: \"Non-GMO is agriculture before GMOs were introduced, which is still chemical agriculture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to see what this means, in practice, is the farm near Cerro Gordo, Ill., where Allen Williams grows corn, soybeans and a variety of other crops. It's an unusual farm, because Williams grows crops three different ways: Some are organic, some are \"verified non-GMO\" and some are genetically modified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the way Williams sees it, there are basically two kinds of agriculture here: certified organic and conventional. He considers both the non-GMO and the GMO crops to be conventional, because when it comes to farming practices, both are very similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For both of those groups of crops, he uses factory-supplied fertilizers and chemical weedkillers. The only real difference is, he can use a cheaper weedkiller — glyphosate — on the genetically modified soybeans, and spray it right on top of the crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Williams shows me his organic farming. That's a whole different system. His organic soybeans are also non-GMO, but that's only a tiny part of what makes them organic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out a huge pile of chicken manure, which he will use as fertilizer. To control the weeds, he doesn't spray chemicals. Instead, he brings in local high school students who walk the rows and clear out the weeds by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of farmers don't want to make the effort to grow crops this way, and as a result, there's a shortage of organic soybeans and corn, which are needed to feed organic animals. It's driven the price of organic crops sky-high. That's great for farmers like Allen Williams. He earned more than twice as much money for a bushel of his organic soybeans, compared to his non-GMO beans.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expensive organic soybeans means expensive organic eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us back to Hansen, the shopper who preferred the cheaper non-GMO eggs. When I tell her why the non-GMO eggs were cheaper, she changes her mind. \"Now that I know that, I'd definitely pick the USDA Organic,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organic food companies are trying to get that message out, but Falck says it's a tough fight. The big problem, he says, is that \"organic\" means \"literally hundreds of things.\" The organic rules cover everything from food additives to animal welfare to soil fertility. Consumers respond better, he says, to a message that focuses on just one thing — like a ban on GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to get better at talking about what organic means, and simplify that message,\" says Falck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Westgate, from the Non-GMO Project, says that her organization doesn't want to undermine the organic program, which she says \"covers a lot of important things that the Non-GMO project doesn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is something that we are very sensitive to, and we talk about it a lot, how to protect that [organic] label,\" she says. \"We're trying not to step on anybody's toes. But at the same time, it's really important to test for GMOs.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/111224/organic-food-fights-back-against-non-gmo-rival","authors":["byline_bayareabites_111224"],"categories":["bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_358","bayareabites_60"],"tags":["bayareabites_10787","bayareabites_10774","bayareabites_14080","bayareabites_65"],"featImg":"bayareabites_111225","label":"source_bayareabites_111224"},"bayareabites_110904":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_110904","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"110904","score":null,"sort":[1469134373000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"beer-bottles-will-soon-include-a-reality-check-a-calorie-count","title":"Beer Bottles Will Soon Include A Reality Check: A Calorie Count","publishDate":1469134373,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>Since calorie labeling on most alcoholic beverages is voluntary, it's often hard to know how many calories are in your favorite brew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And — perhaps — ignorance is bliss. But ignoring those liquid calories is about to get a lot tougher. Soon, calorie counts may be staring you in the face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.beerinstitute.org/\">Beer Institute,\u003c/a> a trade group that includes the biggest brewing names, including Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors and Heineken USA, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.beerinstitute.org/news-media/press-releases/voluntary-disclosure-announcement\">announced\u003c/a> a new initiative aimed at transparency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brewers will list calories, carbs, alcohol by volume (ABV) and other nutrition information right on their bottles and cans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group says participating brewers will also include a freshness date and an ingredient list, which consumers can access by a QR code or on secondary packaging, such as the box or carton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer Institute CEO James McGreevy says six leading beer companies — which produce about 80 percent of all the beer sold in the U.S. — have agreed to follow the new standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen poll after poll that indicates\u003cstrong> ...\u003c/strong> consumers are interested in knowing calories and other information,\" says McGreevy. He points to a recent Harris Poll that found 72 percent of beer drinkers \"think it's important to read nutritional labels when buying food and beverages.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're proud of this initiative,\" says McGreevey. And he urges wine and spirit makers to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_110909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 774px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM.png\" alt=\"How Many Beer Calories Are you Drinking?\" width=\"774\" height=\"644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM.png 774w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM-400x333.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM-768x639.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How Many Beer Calories Are you Drinking? \u003ccite>(Source: \u003ca href=\"http://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/calories-in-food/how-many-calories-are-in-beer-wine-and-cocktails/\">Nutrition Action\u003c/a>. Credit: Katie Park and Rhitu Chatterjee/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, not all brewers will add labels right away. The Beer Institute is planning a three-year implementation period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://craftbrew.com/2016/06/13/craft-brew-alliance-expands-its-world-class-brewery-innovation-team-with-tom-bleigh-as-innovation-brewmaster/\">Craft Brew Alliance,\u003c/a> a publicly traded company based in Portland, Ore., the company that markets brands including \u003ca href=\"http://redhook.com/\">Redhook\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://konabrewingco.com/\">Kona Brewing\u003c/a>, says it's still working out how it will comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are 100% committed to disclosing this information for all of our brands, but are still evaluating where the information will be located,\" Andy Thomas, CEO of Craft Brew Alliance, told us by email. For instance, the information could be posted on secondary packaging or the packaging could reference a website link.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.brewersassociation.org/\">Brewers Association\u003c/a>, a trade association for craft brewers, says don't expect all small breweries to label calories on their bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Brewers Association supports transparency in labeling,\" the association's Paul Gatza told us in an email. But \"the approach the large brewers have taken may not be feasible for smaller brewers, many of whom offer dozens of small scale, seasonal products every year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent analysis of beers by the \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/\">Center for Science in the Public Interest\u003c/a> finds the calorie counts vary greatly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who knew that a bolder-tasting stout or IPAs can have double, or in some cases triple the number of calories compared to lighter beers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was surprised,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/biography/lindsay-moyer\">Lindsay Moyer\u003c/a> of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. \"Surprised to see how high in calories some of these craft beers can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 12-ounce can of Budweiser has 145 calories. Compare this, says Moyer, to a Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, which has about 240 calories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what about the higher-end beers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Brooklyn Brewery Chocolate Stout Beer has 320 calories,\" says Moyer. \"Beers like the [chocolate stout] tend to be both higher in alcohol and carbohydrates.\" And the general rule of thumb is that higher-alcohol beers are also higher in calories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if that one beer you planned to drink becomes two — because hey, who's counting? — \"You're looking at upwards of 500 calories, easily!\" says Moyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, these calorie estimates are for 12-ounce cans. If you order a draft pour in a bar or restaurant, the serving size — and yes, the calorie count, too — goes up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some of the biggest brewing companies have agreed to list the number of calories, alcohol content and nutrition information on beer bottles and cans.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1469134373,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":627},"headData":{"title":"Beer Bottles Will Soon Include A Reality Check: A Calorie Count | KQED","description":"Some of the biggest brewing companies have agreed to list the number of calories, alcohol content and nutrition information on beer bottles and cans.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"110904 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=110904","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/07/21/beer-bottles-will-soon-include-a-reality-check-a-calorie-count/","disqusTitle":"Beer Bottles Will Soon Include A Reality Check: A Calorie Count","nprImageCredit":"davidgsteadman","nprByline":"Allison Aubrey, NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"Flickr","nprStoryId":"486758216","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=486758216&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/21/486758216/beer-bottles-will-soon-include-a-reality-check-a-calorie-count?ft=nprml&f=486758216","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:03:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:03:45 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:03:45 -0400","path":"/bayareabites/110904/beer-bottles-will-soon-include-a-reality-check-a-calorie-count","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Since calorie labeling on most alcoholic beverages is voluntary, it's often hard to know how many calories are in your favorite brew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And — perhaps — ignorance is bliss. But ignoring those liquid calories is about to get a lot tougher. Soon, calorie counts may be staring you in the face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.beerinstitute.org/\">Beer Institute,\u003c/a> a trade group that includes the biggest brewing names, including Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors and Heineken USA, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.beerinstitute.org/news-media/press-releases/voluntary-disclosure-announcement\">announced\u003c/a> a new initiative aimed at transparency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brewers will list calories, carbs, alcohol by volume (ABV) and other nutrition information right on their bottles and cans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group says participating brewers will also include a freshness date and an ingredient list, which consumers can access by a QR code or on secondary packaging, such as the box or carton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer Institute CEO James McGreevy says six leading beer companies — which produce about 80 percent of all the beer sold in the U.S. — have agreed to follow the new standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen poll after poll that indicates\u003cstrong> ...\u003c/strong> consumers are interested in knowing calories and other information,\" says McGreevy. He points to a recent Harris Poll that found 72 percent of beer drinkers \"think it's important to read nutritional labels when buying food and beverages.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're proud of this initiative,\" says McGreevey. And he urges wine and spirit makers to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_110909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 774px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM.png\" alt=\"How Many Beer Calories Are you Drinking?\" width=\"774\" height=\"644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM.png 774w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM-400x333.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/07/Screen-shot-2016-07-21-at-1.37.18-PM-768x639.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How Many Beer Calories Are you Drinking? \u003ccite>(Source: \u003ca href=\"http://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/calories-in-food/how-many-calories-are-in-beer-wine-and-cocktails/\">Nutrition Action\u003c/a>. Credit: Katie Park and Rhitu Chatterjee/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, not all brewers will add labels right away. The Beer Institute is planning a three-year implementation period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://craftbrew.com/2016/06/13/craft-brew-alliance-expands-its-world-class-brewery-innovation-team-with-tom-bleigh-as-innovation-brewmaster/\">Craft Brew Alliance,\u003c/a> a publicly traded company based in Portland, Ore., the company that markets brands including \u003ca href=\"http://redhook.com/\">Redhook\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://konabrewingco.com/\">Kona Brewing\u003c/a>, says it's still working out how it will comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are 100% committed to disclosing this information for all of our brands, but are still evaluating where the information will be located,\" Andy Thomas, CEO of Craft Brew Alliance, told us by email. For instance, the information could be posted on secondary packaging or the packaging could reference a website link.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.brewersassociation.org/\">Brewers Association\u003c/a>, a trade association for craft brewers, says don't expect all small breweries to label calories on their bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Brewers Association supports transparency in labeling,\" the association's Paul Gatza told us in an email. But \"the approach the large brewers have taken may not be feasible for smaller brewers, many of whom offer dozens of small scale, seasonal products every year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent analysis of beers by the \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/\">Center for Science in the Public Interest\u003c/a> finds the calorie counts vary greatly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who knew that a bolder-tasting stout or IPAs can have double, or in some cases triple the number of calories compared to lighter beers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was surprised,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://cspinet.org/biography/lindsay-moyer\">Lindsay Moyer\u003c/a> of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. \"Surprised to see how high in calories some of these craft beers can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 12-ounce can of Budweiser has 145 calories. Compare this, says Moyer, to a Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, which has about 240 calories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what about the higher-end beers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Brooklyn Brewery Chocolate Stout Beer has 320 calories,\" says Moyer. \"Beers like the [chocolate stout] tend to be both higher in alcohol and carbohydrates.\" And the general rule of thumb is that higher-alcohol beers are also higher in calories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if that one beer you planned to drink becomes two — because hey, who's counting? — \"You're looking at upwards of 500 calories, easily!\" says Moyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, these calorie estimates are for 12-ounce cans. If you order a draft pour in a bar or restaurant, the serving size — and yes, the calorie count, too — goes up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/110904/beer-bottles-will-soon-include-a-reality-check-a-calorie-count","authors":["byline_bayareabites_110904"],"categories":["bayareabites_301","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555"],"tags":["bayareabites_15540","bayareabites_14753","bayareabites_10501","bayareabites_10774","bayareabites_449"],"featImg":"bayareabites_110905","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_110756":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_110756","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"110756","score":null,"sort":[1468537398000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"congress-just-passed-a-gmo-labeling-bill-nobodys-super-happy-about-it","title":"Congress Just Passed A GMO Labeling Bill. Nobody's Super Happy About It","publishDate":1468537398,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/07/20160714_atc_gmo_labels.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of bitter debate and legislative stalemate over the labeling of genetically modified ingredients, a compromise proposal sailed through Congress in breathtaking speed over the past three weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The House of Representative passed the \u003ca href=\"http://www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Mandatory%20Labeling%20Bill.pdf\">measure\u003c/a> on Thursday with solid support from both Democrats and Republicans. It now goes to the White House, where President Obama is expected to sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within a few years, consumers will be able to find out whether any food in the supermarket contains GMO ingredients. But they won't necessarily see that information on the package. Instead, consumers may have to scan a \"QR code\" — those little square codes that you see on airline boarding passes — to get that information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither side in the labeling battle sounded completely satisfied. \"I don't think that it's the best bill that we could have, but it's the best bill we could pass,\" says Richard Wilkins, a Delaware farmer who is president of the American Soybean Association, which opposes mandatory GMO labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not supporting the final bill, because it does allow companies to use the option of a QR code,\" says Scott Faber, from the Environmental Working Group, which supports mandatory labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress was forced into this compromise by Vermont, which passed its own GMO labeling law. It went into effect this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faber says mandatory labeling is necessary in order to provide consumers the information they need to ensure \"that their values are reflected in their food dollar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food companies and farm groups, meanwhile, are convinced that pro-labeling groups are simply trying to use labels to drive consumers away from GMOs — a tactic that worked in Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their first step was to require a mandatory label, and their second step was to force those products out of the marketplace,\" Wilkins says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilkins also says mandatory labeling of GMOs suggests that those foods are inferior or unsafe, which is simply not true. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said labeling isn't necessary because GMO foods aren't any different than regular ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why food companies and farm groups lobbied Congress to ban mandatory GMO labeling laws, including the one in Vermont. That previous proposal passed in the House, but not the Senate, where Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow — the ranking Democrat on the agriculture committee — dug in her heels against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the two sides settled on a compromise that does nullify Vermont's law, but still requires a form of GMO labeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under this compromise, food companies will have to reveal whether products contain GMO ingredients, but they won't have to print it on the package label. Instead, they can make that information available through a QR code. Shoppers would have to scan it with their smartphones. Small food companies also have the option of printing a website URL or a phone number that customers can call for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal opened up sharp divisions among groups that had previously presented a united front in favor of GMO labeling. Some critics condemned the compromise as a \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2016/jul/8\">betrayal\u003c/a>,\" a \"\u003ca href=\"http://consumersunion.org/news/three-reasons-the-senate-gmo-labeling-bill-is-a-sham/\">sham\u003c/a>\" and \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.organicconsumers.org/press/oca-statement-passage-bill-denying-consumers-clear-package-labeling-gmos\">inexcusable\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the Organic Trade Association, which supports GMO labeling, decided to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/advocacy/gmos/gmo-labeling\">support\u003c/a> the compromise, in part because the law includes some special benefits for the organic industry. It includes, for instance, a provision that allows organic food companies to label their products as non-GMO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/\">Just Label It\u003c/a> coalition, which includes the Environmental Working Group and a long list of food companies, declared the bill a victory of sorts, even while refusing to support it. \"It's not an insignificant achievement that a Republican Congress has decided to mandate a national GMO disclosure on every food package that contains genetically engineered ingredients,\" says Scott Faber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the GMO labeling battle isn't over. For one thing, the law leaves many details of the new labeling scheme to be worked out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These include, for instance, whether refined products like soy oil or sugar from beets will need to be labeled. While they are made from GMO crops, the final product doesn't contain any genetically modified material, such as proteins or DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Hirshberg, chairman of the Just Label It coalition, released a statement sayin that \"the fight for national mandatory GMO transparency now shifts to USDA and to the marketplace, where companies should think twice before they remove GMO labels from their packages.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The proposal will require food companies to disclose their GMO ingredients, but that information doesn't have to be on the packaging. It's a compromise, and neither side is all that enthused.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1468537398,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":773},"headData":{"title":"Congress Just Passed A GMO Labeling Bill. Nobody's Super Happy About It | KQED","description":"The proposal will require food companies to disclose their GMO ingredients, but that information doesn't have to be on the packaging. It's a compromise, and neither side is all that enthused.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"110756 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=110756","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/07/14/congress-just-passed-a-gmo-labeling-bill-nobodys-super-happy-about-it/","disqusTitle":"Congress Just Passed A GMO Labeling Bill. Nobody's Super Happy About It","nprImageCredit":"Wilson Ring","nprByline":"Dan Charles, NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"AP","nprStoryId":"486060866","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=486060866&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/14/486060866/congress-just-passed-a-gmo-labeling-bill-nobodys-super-happy-about-it?ft=nprml&f=486060866","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:34:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:34:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:34:42 -0400","nprAudio":"http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/07/20160714_atc_gmo_labels.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=148&p=2&story=486060866&t=progseg&e=485990833&seg=7&ft=nprml&f=486060866","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1486064365-1615a9.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1053&d=148&p=2&story=486060866&t=progseg&e=485990833&seg=7&ft=nprml&f=486060866","path":"/bayareabites/110756/congress-just-passed-a-gmo-labeling-bill-nobodys-super-happy-about-it","audioUrl":"http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/07/20160714_atc_gmo_labels.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/07/20160714_atc_gmo_labels.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of bitter debate and legislative stalemate over the labeling of genetically modified ingredients, a compromise proposal sailed through Congress in breathtaking speed over the past three weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The House of Representative passed the \u003ca href=\"http://www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Mandatory%20Labeling%20Bill.pdf\">measure\u003c/a> on Thursday with solid support from both Democrats and Republicans. It now goes to the White House, where President Obama is expected to sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within a few years, consumers will be able to find out whether any food in the supermarket contains GMO ingredients. But they won't necessarily see that information on the package. Instead, consumers may have to scan a \"QR code\" — those little square codes that you see on airline boarding passes — to get that information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither side in the labeling battle sounded completely satisfied. \"I don't think that it's the best bill that we could have, but it's the best bill we could pass,\" says Richard Wilkins, a Delaware farmer who is president of the American Soybean Association, which opposes mandatory GMO labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not supporting the final bill, because it does allow companies to use the option of a QR code,\" says Scott Faber, from the Environmental Working Group, which supports mandatory labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress was forced into this compromise by Vermont, which passed its own GMO labeling law. It went into effect this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faber says mandatory labeling is necessary in order to provide consumers the information they need to ensure \"that their values are reflected in their food dollar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food companies and farm groups, meanwhile, are convinced that pro-labeling groups are simply trying to use labels to drive consumers away from GMOs — a tactic that worked in Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their first step was to require a mandatory label, and their second step was to force those products out of the marketplace,\" Wilkins says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilkins also says mandatory labeling of GMOs suggests that those foods are inferior or unsafe, which is simply not true. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said labeling isn't necessary because GMO foods aren't any different than regular ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why food companies and farm groups lobbied Congress to ban mandatory GMO labeling laws, including the one in Vermont. That previous proposal passed in the House, but not the Senate, where Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow — the ranking Democrat on the agriculture committee — dug in her heels against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the two sides settled on a compromise that does nullify Vermont's law, but still requires a form of GMO labeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under this compromise, food companies will have to reveal whether products contain GMO ingredients, but they won't have to print it on the package label. Instead, they can make that information available through a QR code. Shoppers would have to scan it with their smartphones. Small food companies also have the option of printing a website URL or a phone number that customers can call for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal opened up sharp divisions among groups that had previously presented a united front in favor of GMO labeling. Some critics condemned the compromise as a \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2016/jul/8\">betrayal\u003c/a>,\" a \"\u003ca href=\"http://consumersunion.org/news/three-reasons-the-senate-gmo-labeling-bill-is-a-sham/\">sham\u003c/a>\" and \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.organicconsumers.org/press/oca-statement-passage-bill-denying-consumers-clear-package-labeling-gmos\">inexcusable\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the Organic Trade Association, which supports GMO labeling, decided to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/advocacy/gmos/gmo-labeling\">support\u003c/a> the compromise, in part because the law includes some special benefits for the organic industry. It includes, for instance, a provision that allows organic food companies to label their products as non-GMO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/\">Just Label It\u003c/a> coalition, which includes the Environmental Working Group and a long list of food companies, declared the bill a victory of sorts, even while refusing to support it. \"It's not an insignificant achievement that a Republican Congress has decided to mandate a national GMO disclosure on every food package that contains genetically engineered ingredients,\" says Scott Faber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the GMO labeling battle isn't over. For one thing, the law leaves many details of the new labeling scheme to be worked out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These include, for instance, whether refined products like soy oil or sugar from beets will need to be labeled. While they are made from GMO crops, the final product doesn't contain any genetically modified material, such as proteins or DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Hirshberg, chairman of the Just Label It coalition, released a statement sayin that \"the fight for national mandatory GMO transparency now shifts to USDA and to the marketplace, where companies should think twice before they remove GMO labels from their packages.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/110756/congress-just-passed-a-gmo-labeling-bill-nobodys-super-happy-about-it","authors":["byline_bayareabites_110756"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_60"],"tags":["bayareabites_11722","bayareabites_10787","bayareabites_10774"],"featImg":"bayareabites_110757","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_110588":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_110588","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"110588","score":null,"sort":[1467993599000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"senate-passes-a-gmo-labeling-bill-that-the-food-industry-likes","title":"Senate Passes A GMO Labeling Bill That The Food Industry Likes","publishDate":1467993599,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>After months of bargaining and backroom arguments, the Senate has voted in favor of a new national standard for labeling food that contains ingredients from genetically modified crops. The essence of the deal: Companies will have to \u003cem>disclose\u003c/em> their GMO ingredients, but they won't have to put that information right on the label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many food companies are fiercely opposed to such GMO labels because they believe consumers will perceive them — incorrectly — as a warning that those products are nutritionally inferior or even unsafe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this bill becomes law, companies will be allowed instead to disclose their GMO ingredients through a QR code on the package. That's the kind of square bar code that you've seen on airline boarding passes. Consumers could scan that code with their smartphones to retrieve the information. Small companies could just print a phone number or a web address where consumers could find out whether a particular product contains GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many advocates of GMO labeling attacked the bill. Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch, released a statement calling it \"a slap in the face for all of the activists\" who have worked to pass mandatory GMO labels. Senators from Vermont opposed the bill because it strikes down Vermont's own law that required GMO labels right on the package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Senate proposal won support from the Organic Trade Association, which represents major organic food companies and has long supported labeling of GMOs. On June 27, the leaders of the OTA sent a long and occasionally anguished-sounding \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/GMO-labeling-letter-from-leadership\">message\u003c/a> to the OTA membership, explaining why they supported the Senate bill. They argued that Congress was inevitably going to pass some sort of bill to preempt Vermont's labeling law, and that this proposal contained key advantages for the organic industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate bill, for instance, says that any organic product can automatically be labeled \"non-GMO.\" Currently, some organic manufacturers pay substantial fees to organizations such as The Non-GMO Project in order to get their products certified as non-GMO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OTA letter also revealed deep concern in the organic industry about the rise of conventional, but non-GMO, food products, such as eggs or milk. These products are typically much cheaper to produce than organic products. The OTA letter called such non-GMO claims \"bogus, misleading and meaningless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate bill has not yet been considered in the House. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Senate has passed a bill that requires food companies to reveal whether their products contain GMOs. But those companies are pleased, because they won't have to print \"GMO\" on food packages.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1467993599,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":410},"headData":{"title":"Senate Passes A GMO Labeling Bill That The Food Industry Likes | KQED","description":"The Senate has passed a bill that requires food companies to reveal whether their products contain GMOs. But those companies are pleased, because they won't have to print "GMO" on food packages.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"110588 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=110588","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/07/08/senate-passes-a-gmo-labeling-bill-that-the-food-industry-likes/","disqusTitle":"Senate Passes A GMO Labeling Bill That The Food Industry Likes","source":"Politics, Activism & Food Safety","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/politics-activism-food-safety/","nprImageCredit":"Wilson Ring","nprByline":"Dan Charles, \u003cahref=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/nprfood/\">NPR Food\u003c/a>","nprImageAgency":"AP","nprStoryId":"485145450","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=485145450&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/08/485145450/senate-passes-a-gmo-labeling-bill-that-the-food-industry-likes?ft=nprml&f=485145450","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:43:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:43:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:43:22 -0400","path":"/bayareabites/110588/senate-passes-a-gmo-labeling-bill-that-the-food-industry-likes","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After months of bargaining and backroom arguments, the Senate has voted in favor of a new national standard for labeling food that contains ingredients from genetically modified crops. The essence of the deal: Companies will have to \u003cem>disclose\u003c/em> their GMO ingredients, but they won't have to put that information right on the label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many food companies are fiercely opposed to such GMO labels because they believe consumers will perceive them — incorrectly — as a warning that those products are nutritionally inferior or even unsafe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this bill becomes law, companies will be allowed instead to disclose their GMO ingredients through a QR code on the package. That's the kind of square bar code that you've seen on airline boarding passes. Consumers could scan that code with their smartphones to retrieve the information. Small companies could just print a phone number or a web address where consumers could find out whether a particular product contains GMOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many advocates of GMO labeling attacked the bill. Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch, released a statement calling it \"a slap in the face for all of the activists\" who have worked to pass mandatory GMO labels. Senators from Vermont opposed the bill because it strikes down Vermont's own law that required GMO labels right on the package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Senate proposal won support from the Organic Trade Association, which represents major organic food companies and has long supported labeling of GMOs. On June 27, the leaders of the OTA sent a long and occasionally anguished-sounding \u003ca href=\"https://www.ota.com/GMO-labeling-letter-from-leadership\">message\u003c/a> to the OTA membership, explaining why they supported the Senate bill. They argued that Congress was inevitably going to pass some sort of bill to preempt Vermont's labeling law, and that this proposal contained key advantages for the organic industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate bill, for instance, says that any organic product can automatically be labeled \"non-GMO.\" Currently, some organic manufacturers pay substantial fees to organizations such as The Non-GMO Project in order to get their products certified as non-GMO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OTA letter also revealed deep concern in the organic industry about the rise of conventional, but non-GMO, food products, such as eggs or milk. These products are typically much cheaper to produce than organic products. The OTA letter called such non-GMO claims \"bogus, misleading and meaningless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate bill has not yet been considered in the House. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/110588/senate-passes-a-gmo-labeling-bill-that-the-food-industry-likes","authors":["byline_bayareabites_110588"],"categories":["bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_358","bayareabites_60"],"tags":["bayareabites_10787","bayareabites_10774","bayareabites_11802"],"featImg":"bayareabites_110589","label":"source_bayareabites_110588"},"bayareabites_110331":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_110331","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"110331","score":null,"sort":[1466735458000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"senators-reach-deal-on-national-gmo-labeling-bill","title":"Senators Reach Deal On National GMO Labeling Bill","publishDate":1466735458,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>Just a week before a Vermont law kicks in requiring labels on food containing genetically modified ingredients, U.S. Senate agriculture leaders announced a deal Thursday that takes the power out of states' hands — and sets a mandatory national system for GM disclosures on food products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, unveiled the plan that had been negotiated for weeks with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Democrats from farm country called it a win for consumers and families, while Roberts said it would end \"denigrating biotechnology and causing confusion in the marketplace\" brought on by Vermont's state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was clearly an uneasy compromise, with critics of the plan making for strange bedfellows on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Both Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Democrat who supports his state's mandatory law, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, which wants a voluntary GMO labeling standard, announced their opposition to the Roberts-Stabenow deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, food companies would be required to disclose which products contain genetically modified ingredients. But companies would have a range of options in just \u003cem>how\u003c/em> they make that disclosure: They could place text on food packaging, provide a QR (Quick Response) code, or direct consumers to a phone number or a website with more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the deal comes as many large food companies, including Campbell Soup Co., Kellogg's and General Mills, have already begun labeling some of their products in anticipation of the Vermont law. Roughly 75 percent of processed foods in the U.S. contain genetically modified ingredients, according to estimates from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/about-ge-foods\">Center for Food Safety\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal falls short for those who wanted a national standard much like Vermont's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm, the maker of organic yogurt, and chairman of the Just Label It campaign, \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/press-room/7109-2/\">released an announcement\u003c/a> saying he was pleased that the new plan will create a national, mandatory labeling system and even cover more products than the Vermont law. But, he said he's disappointed that consumers will now have to rely on smartphones to learn about their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This proposal falls short of what consumers rightly expect — a simple at-a-glance disclosure on the package,\" Hirshberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal also was a tough sell for U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, who said he was glad it would solve the problem of a patchwork of state labeling laws. But, while he will support the plan, he said he hopes lawmakers would move away from \"a non-science based agenda driving law and rules.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The science has proven that GMO foods are safe and equivalent to non-GMO foods from a safety perspective,\" Grassley said. \"Giving consumers a choice is a good thing, and it's time to realize that there's a place for all types of food in our consumer-driven economy without stigmatizing another scientifically safe alternative.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, \u003ca href=\"http://www.gmaonline.org/news-events/newsroom/gma-praises-bipartisan-agreement-on-national-food-labeling-legislation/\">said she was pleased\u003c/a> with the bill and hopes the Senate passes it quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This bipartisan agreement ensures consumers across the nation can get clear, consistent information about their food and beverage ingredients and prevents a patchwork of confusing and costly state labeling laws,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said his group will take some time to review the plan as it opposes mandatory food labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no – and never have been any – documented health risks from genetically engineered food in the marketplace,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Vermont law will go into effect on July 1 but would presumably be nullified when Congress finalizes a bill. Just how long that will take is uncertain. Roberts and Stabenow are working on the bill and haven't yet set a time to bring it to a vote, said Sarah Little, a Roberts spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should it pass the Agriculture Committee and the full Senate, the plan will also have to be run through the U.S. House, which \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/content/four-reasons-care-about-bill-blocking-state-gmo-laws#.V2xIvOK1Veg\">passed a bill last July\u003c/a> that barred states from creating such laws but established a voluntary labeling system. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The new bill would require companies to disclose genetically modified ingredients in food products. 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Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, unveiled the plan that had been negotiated for weeks with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Democrats from farm country called it a win for consumers and families, while Roberts said it would end \"denigrating biotechnology and causing confusion in the marketplace\" brought on by Vermont's state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was clearly an uneasy compromise, with critics of the plan making for strange bedfellows on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Both Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Democrat who supports his state's mandatory law, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, which wants a voluntary GMO labeling standard, announced their opposition to the Roberts-Stabenow deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, food companies would be required to disclose which products contain genetically modified ingredients. But companies would have a range of options in just \u003cem>how\u003c/em> they make that disclosure: They could place text on food packaging, provide a QR (Quick Response) code, or direct consumers to a phone number or a website with more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the deal comes as many large food companies, including Campbell Soup Co., Kellogg's and General Mills, have already begun labeling some of their products in anticipation of the Vermont law. Roughly 75 percent of processed foods in the U.S. contain genetically modified ingredients, according to estimates from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/about-ge-foods\">Center for Food Safety\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal falls short for those who wanted a national standard much like Vermont's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm, the maker of organic yogurt, and chairman of the Just Label It campaign, \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/press-room/7109-2/\">released an announcement\u003c/a> saying he was pleased that the new plan will create a national, mandatory labeling system and even cover more products than the Vermont law. But, he said he's disappointed that consumers will now have to rely on smartphones to learn about their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This proposal falls short of what consumers rightly expect — a simple at-a-glance disclosure on the package,\" Hirshberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal also was a tough sell for U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, who said he was glad it would solve the problem of a patchwork of state labeling laws. But, while he will support the plan, he said he hopes lawmakers would move away from \"a non-science based agenda driving law and rules.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The science has proven that GMO foods are safe and equivalent to non-GMO foods from a safety perspective,\" Grassley said. \"Giving consumers a choice is a good thing, and it's time to realize that there's a place for all types of food in our consumer-driven economy without stigmatizing another scientifically safe alternative.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, \u003ca href=\"http://www.gmaonline.org/news-events/newsroom/gma-praises-bipartisan-agreement-on-national-food-labeling-legislation/\">said she was pleased\u003c/a> with the bill and hopes the Senate passes it quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This bipartisan agreement ensures consumers across the nation can get clear, consistent information about their food and beverage ingredients and prevents a patchwork of confusing and costly state labeling laws,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said his group will take some time to review the plan as it opposes mandatory food labels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no – and never have been any – documented health risks from genetically engineered food in the marketplace,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Vermont law will go into effect on July 1 but would presumably be nullified when Congress finalizes a bill. Just how long that will take is uncertain. Roberts and Stabenow are working on the bill and haven't yet set a time to bring it to a vote, said Sarah Little, a Roberts spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should it pass the Agriculture Committee and the full Senate, the plan will also have to be run through the U.S. House, which \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/content/four-reasons-care-about-bill-blocking-state-gmo-laws#.V2xIvOK1Veg\">passed a bill last July\u003c/a> that barred states from creating such laws but established a voluntary labeling system. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/110331/senators-reach-deal-on-national-gmo-labeling-bill","authors":["byline_bayareabites_110331"],"categories":["bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_10802","bayareabites_10787","bayareabites_10774","bayareabites_560"],"featImg":"bayareabites_110332","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_109671":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_109671","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"109671","score":null,"sort":[1463841087000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-labels-warn-that-mechanically-tenderized-meat-needs-extra-precautions","title":"New Labels Warn That Mechanically Tenderized Meat Needs Extra Precautions","publishDate":1463841087,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>A new label on some of the steaks in your grocery store highlights a production process you may never have heard of: mechanical tenderizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means the beef has been punctured with blades or needles to break down the muscle fibers and make it easier to chew. But it also means the meat has a greater chance of being contaminated and making you sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labels are a requirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that went into effect this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Blade tenderized,\" that label might read, followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/606919b6-5192-40bd-a32b-99a41c75eeb6/Comp_Guide_MTB.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\">safe cooking instructions\u003c/a>: \"Cook until steak reaches an internal temperature of 145 F as measured by a food thermometer and allow to rest for three minutes.\" (Other labels might simply recommend cooking to 160 degrees, which doesn't require a three-minute rest time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do you need to be so careful about how you cook tenderized meat?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If pathogens like \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> or salmonella happen to be on the surface of the steak, tenderizing can transfer those bacteria from the surface to the inside. Since the inside takes longer to cook and is more likely to be undercooked, bacteria have a higher chance for survival there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And without a label, you can't tell if you need to be especially careful with your steak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91.jpg\" alt=\"Before labeling became a requirement, the grocery giant Costco voluntarily began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012, after an E. coli outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109673\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-400x240.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-800x480.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-768x461.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-1440x864.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-1180x708.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-960x576.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before labeling became a requirement, the grocery giant Costco voluntarily began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012, after an E. coli outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks. \u003ccite>(Lydia Zuraw/KHN for NPR )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't look any different,\" says a spokesman for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. \"It's not filled with [visible] holes from the needle piercings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mechanical tenderizing is not uncommon: Approximately 2.7 billion pounds, or about 11 percent, of the beef labeled for sale has been mechanically tenderized, according to FSIS. The new labels will affect an estimated 6.2 billion servings of steaks and roasts every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not unheard of for tenderized beef to be linked to food poisoning: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked six outbreaks of foodborne illness since 2000 that were linked to mechanically tenderized beef products prepared in restaurants and consumers' homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, 21 people in 16 states were infected with the most common strain of dangerous \u003cem>E. coli,\u003c/em> called O157. Nine had to be hospitalized, and one victim developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000510.htm\">hemolytic uremic syndrome\u003c/a>, a potentially fatal kidney disease. USDA food safety officials connected the illnesses to blade-tenderized steaks from \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2010/national-steak-poultry-1-6-10.html\">National Steak and Poultry\u003c/a>, and the company \u003ca href=\"http://1.usa.gov/1WC2pR5\">recalled\u003c/a> 248,000 pounds of beef products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to improve how we tell consumers and the food service workers about the particular risks that would be involved in cooking it so that they can reduce the risk of illness,\" says Patricia Buck, co-founder and executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://foodborneillness.org/who-we-are.html\">Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention\u003c/a>, a nonprofit advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buck, who has been pushing for the labeling rule since 2009, says she's \"very excited\" to see it happening. \"I think it's an important step in the direction we need to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the label became a requirement, Costco had been voluntarily labeling its meat. According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/06/has-your-steak-been-mechanically-tenderized/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a>, the grocery giant began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012 after an \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocate Buck lost her toddler grandson to an \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> O157 infection in 2001. \"I don't like scaring people,\" she says, \"but on the other hand, people don't really know that these can be really deadly pathogens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Mechanically tenderized meat — which has been punctured with needles to break down the muscle fibers and make it easier to chew — has a greater chance of being contaminated and making you sick.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1463841199,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":632},"headData":{"title":"New Labels Warn That Mechanically Tenderized Meat Needs Extra Precautions | KQED","description":"Mechanically tenderized meat — which has been punctured with needles to break down the muscle fibers and make it easier to chew — has a greater chance of being contaminated and making you sick.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"109671 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=109671","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/05/21/new-labels-warn-that-mechanically-tenderized-meat-needs-extra-precautions/","disqusTitle":"New Labels Warn That Mechanically Tenderized Meat Needs Extra Precautions","source":"Labeling and Food Safety","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/politics-activism-food-safety/","nprByline":"Lydia Zuraw, Kaiser Health News at NPR Food","nprImageAgency":"Lydia Zuraw/KHN for NPR","nprStoryId":"478859242","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=478859242&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/20/478859242/new-labels-warn-that-a-tender-steak-could-be-a-little-dangerous?ft=nprml&f=478859242","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Fri, 20 May 2016 16:39:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Fri, 20 May 2016 15:25:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 20 May 2016 16:39:50 -0400","path":"/bayareabites/109671/new-labels-warn-that-mechanically-tenderized-meat-needs-extra-precautions","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A new label on some of the steaks in your grocery store highlights a production process you may never have heard of: mechanical tenderizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means the beef has been punctured with blades or needles to break down the muscle fibers and make it easier to chew. But it also means the meat has a greater chance of being contaminated and making you sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labels are a requirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that went into effect this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Blade tenderized,\" that label might read, followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/606919b6-5192-40bd-a32b-99a41c75eeb6/Comp_Guide_MTB.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\">safe cooking instructions\u003c/a>: \"Cook until steak reaches an internal temperature of 145 F as measured by a food thermometer and allow to rest for three minutes.\" (Other labels might simply recommend cooking to 160 degrees, which doesn't require a three-minute rest time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do you need to be so careful about how you cook tenderized meat?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If pathogens like \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> or salmonella happen to be on the surface of the steak, tenderizing can transfer those bacteria from the surface to the inside. Since the inside takes longer to cook and is more likely to be undercooked, bacteria have a higher chance for survival there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And without a label, you can't tell if you need to be especially careful with your steak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91.jpg\" alt=\"Before labeling became a requirement, the grocery giant Costco voluntarily began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012, after an E. coli outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109673\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-400x240.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-800x480.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-768x461.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-1440x864.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-1180x708.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/tenderizedmeat_enl-20065f8473d9a2e207c306f820755b56d206be91-960x576.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before labeling became a requirement, the grocery giant Costco voluntarily began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012, after an E. coli outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks. \u003ccite>(Lydia Zuraw/KHN for NPR )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't look any different,\" says a spokesman for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. \"It's not filled with [visible] holes from the needle piercings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mechanical tenderizing is not uncommon: Approximately 2.7 billion pounds, or about 11 percent, of the beef labeled for sale has been mechanically tenderized, according to FSIS. The new labels will affect an estimated 6.2 billion servings of steaks and roasts every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not unheard of for tenderized beef to be linked to food poisoning: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked six outbreaks of foodborne illness since 2000 that were linked to mechanically tenderized beef products prepared in restaurants and consumers' homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, 21 people in 16 states were infected with the most common strain of dangerous \u003cem>E. coli,\u003c/em> called O157. Nine had to be hospitalized, and one victim developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000510.htm\">hemolytic uremic syndrome\u003c/a>, a potentially fatal kidney disease. USDA food safety officials connected the illnesses to blade-tenderized steaks from \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2010/national-steak-poultry-1-6-10.html\">National Steak and Poultry\u003c/a>, and the company \u003ca href=\"http://1.usa.gov/1WC2pR5\">recalled\u003c/a> 248,000 pounds of beef products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to improve how we tell consumers and the food service workers about the particular risks that would be involved in cooking it so that they can reduce the risk of illness,\" says Patricia Buck, co-founder and executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://foodborneillness.org/who-we-are.html\">Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention\u003c/a>, a nonprofit advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buck, who has been pushing for the labeling rule since 2009, says she's \"very excited\" to see it happening. \"I think it's an important step in the direction we need to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the label became a requirement, Costco had been voluntarily labeling its meat. According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/06/has-your-steak-been-mechanically-tenderized/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a>, the grocery giant began labeling its mechanically tenderized beef in 2012 after an \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> outbreak in Canada was linked to its blade-tenderized steaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocate Buck lost her toddler grandson to an \u003cem>E. coli\u003c/em> O157 infection in 2001. \"I don't like scaring people,\" she says, \"but on the other hand, people don't really know that these can be really deadly pathogens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/109671/new-labels-warn-that-mechanically-tenderized-meat-needs-extra-precautions","authors":["byline_bayareabites_109671"],"categories":["bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_358"],"tags":["bayareabites_4289","bayareabites_11544","bayareabites_10774","bayareabites_243","bayareabites_753","bayareabites_15472","bayareabites_11808"],"featImg":"bayareabites_109672","label":"source_bayareabites_109671"},"bayareabites_109610":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_109610","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"109610","score":null,"sort":[1463777257000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-added-sugar-label-is-coming-to-a-packaged-food-near-you","title":"The 'Added Sugar' Label Is Coming To A Packaged Food Near You","publishDate":1463777257,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109611\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-400x556.jpg\" alt=\"Coming soon: The redesigned nutrition facts label will highlight added sugars in food. The label also will display calories per serving, and serving size, more prominently.\" width=\"400\" height=\"556\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-109611\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-400x556.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-800x1113.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-768x1068.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-1180x1641.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33-960x1335.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/nutritionlabeledited_enl-beb4ae535f5fd5a3395b1586dff2d12a38fd5b33.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming soon: The redesigned nutrition facts label will highlight added sugars in food. The label also will display calories per serving, and serving size, more prominently. \u003ccite>(U.S. Food and Drug Administration)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new, redesigned \"Nutrition Facts\" label is coming. The Food and Drug Administration has \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2016/05/unveiling-the-new-nutrition-facts-label/\">announced\u003c/a> that the new label will be required on most packaged food by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big change: The label will have a separate line showing how much sugar has been added to each food. The amount of \"added sugar\" will be expressed in grams and as a percentage of a \"Daily Value\" — an amount of sugar consumption that nutritionists think would be reasonable as part of a daily 2,000-calorie diet. The label also will display calories per serving, and serving size, more prominently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one example, a 20-ounce bottle of Coke could show 65 grams of added sugar, representing 130 percent of a recommended daily intake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change reflects increasing concern about the amount of sugar that Americans consume, and the amount of sugar that's added to common foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several advocacy groups cheered the FDA's move. Michael Jacobson, founder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, released a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cspinet.org/new/201605201.html\">statement\u003c/a> saying that the new labels will allow consumers to make more informed choices and \"should also spur food manufacturers to add less sugar to their products.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/24/425908798/no-more-hidden-sugar-fda-proposes-new-label-rule\">proposed\u003c/a> including \"added sugar\" on the label last summer, and many food companies, such as \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/1692004/general-mills-nutrition-labeling-comments.pdf\">General Mills\u003c/a>, opposed it. The companies argued that from a health point of view, it doesn't matter whether sugar is added or is already present naturally in ingredients such as fruit. The existing labels already show the amount of total sugars in packaged food, and food manufacturers argued that this already tells consumers what they need to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that the FDA has made its decision, however, the Grocery Manufacturers Association does not seem interested in continuing the fight. 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