Flavored Products….Good or Bad?
Although it’s still hot and humid in the Southeast, fall is around the corner and retailers are aggressively marketing seasonally flavored food items and beverages like pumpkin spiced coffee drinks. So the question is: Are these flavored products good for us? What is in the “natural flavors” that are added?
Almost all packaged products include the term; “natural flavors” and some labels have “artificial flavors”. How different are they, you may ask? “Not much”, according to David Andrews, senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group. “The largest difference is that natural flavors […]
