Nutrition in the News
Good news for consumers. Many manufacturers and fast food restaurants are making healthful changes in their food offerings. In the last few weeks, Kraft, Chipotle, and Pepsi have made announcements about upcoming changes. What drove these changes? You the consumer, did by requesting healthier options. It is usually the government forcing manufacturers to make changes and now with social media, the consumer is in the driver’s seat. So what is changing? Kraft Macaroni and Cheese: has announced it is going to make macaroni and cheese without the synthetic colors or artificial preservatives. This change won’t take place until early 2016, but is good news for consumers. Last March, a Change.org petition requested Kraft remove dyes from its mac and cheese. This petition garnered over 365,000 signatures so carried a lot of weight with the company. Before complying, Kraft went to the st...