Earlier this month, food giant General Mills made a deal to buy Annie’s Homegrown for $820 Million. Will it change our favorite feel-good brand? The news that the beloved natural foods [ … ]
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“Nanofood” Products In Your Food? You Bet!
A new report by Friends of the Earth, Tiny Ingredients, Big Risks [PDF], documents a tenfold increase in unregulated, unlabeled “nanofood” products on the American market since 2008. Not surprisingly, [ … ]
Cheerios To Become GMO Free
Cheerios, the most popular cereal in America, is going to become the first major food brand to become GMO free. According to ABC News, General Mills the makers of Cheerios [ … ]
Kellogg’s, General Mills Among Oxfam’s Top 10 Food Bullies
A new Oxfam campaign published today, Behind the Brands: Food Companies Scorecard, ranks social policies of food and beverage companies and things aren’t looking good for the top 10 food companies [ … ]
General Mills Commits to Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil
Thanks to a successful campaign from the Rainforest Action Network, General Mills has committed to revamping its palm oil policy.
Hunting the Elusive BPA Free Canned Tomato
Last week, we talked a little bit about General Mills’ Muir Glen tomatoes ditching the BPA in their cans. It was a little bit unclear as to when these new [ … ]
Reader Question: BPA Free Canned Tomatoes?
Facebook tipster Amber Simms hipped us to this one in response to our post about Pomi tomatoes: I believe there is a [tomato] brand whose cans are BPA free. It’s [ … ]
General Mills To Cut Sugar In Kids Cereals
General Mills announced plans today to cut the sugar content in many of its cereals by as much as 25% in popular brands such as Lucky Charms, Trix, and Cocoa [ … ]
Sugar Laden and Highly Processed Foods To Be Sold As “Smart Food Choices”
General Mills and Kellogg’s want to sell sugary processed foods like Froot Loops and Lucky Charms to your kids. This isn’t anything new. But under the guise of the new [ … ]
Cheerios Are a Drug, Man
In one more laughable act, the FDA recently sent a warning letter to popular cereal maker General Mills to discuss the drug they manufacture. You know, that donut-shaped drug you [ … ]