Many of us these days buy more and more foods such as Quaker Oats oatmeal, that have the “all natural” label because we don't want to feed our kids all those chemicals and preservatives that could be harmful. However, do we really know what “natural” means? The answer may leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about Quaker Oats!
The Truth About Quaker Oats Is:
Quaker Oats is being sued over the big “100% Natural” label on the front of its box. What else is in that bucket o’ oats that makes the label a lie? Nothing, say the plantiffs—it is, indeed, just oats. Their complaint is that the oats were grown using pesticides. That, they claim, should be sufficient to keep the natural label off it.
There’s a much larger issue here than just the oats: it’s that “natural” food doesn’t mean anything—and that’s left the door open to all kinds of claims about what natural is and is not. It works in the opposite direction too.
The argument for the FDA not defining natural makes some sense on its surface. Everything we eat has gone through at least a little bit of processing, the agency reasoned, so really nothing counts as “natural.”
Natural Doesn't Always Mean Pesticide Free!
Now that you know the truth about Quaker Oats, you may want to change the way you shop for food.
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Article Source: Gizmodo
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