School Meal Nutrition Standards
America’s school-aged children will have twice the amounts of fruits and vegetables on their school lunch trays, more whole grains, and less sodium and trans fat, under USDA's new nutrition standards for school meals.
Trans Fat Still in Supermarkets
Marie Callender’s pies, Pop Secret’s microwave popcorns, and Long John Silver’s Breaded Clam Strips all share a little secret: they are among many products that still contain high levels of artificial trans fat...
Color Additives Deceive Consumers
Tropicana Twister Cherry Berry Blast has no cherry juice. Nor does it have any berry juice. Despite the pictures of cherries and berries on the label, this drink gets much of its dark red color from the controversial dye, Red 40.
CSPI writes to FDA on Quorn risks
The vat-grown mold used to make the Quorn line of meat substitutes causes gastrointestinal distress and in some cases, life-threatening anaphylactic reactions.
Chemical Cuisine on Your Phone!
Shopping was easy when most food came from farms. Now, factory-made foods have made chemical additives a significant part of our diet. Get CSPI's safety ratings from the convenience of your mobile device.
Read Michael Jacobson's column on the Huffington Post
Trans Fat: Hiding in Plain Sight »
When in 2006 new federal regulations required a line for trans fat on Nutrition Facts labels, food manufacturers raced to reduce or eliminate partially hydrogenated oil -- the source of that nasty fat -- from their pie crusts, pastries, microwave popcorns, frozen French fries and other foods.
January 25, 2012
New USDA School Meal Nutrition Standards Praised
January 20, 2012
USDA's Poultry Proposal: Proceed, but Cautiously
January 10, 2012
Artificial Trans Fat Still in Supermarkets Despite Heart Risks
December 2011
Please Help Protect Funding for Public Health!
December 2011
Tell the FDA You Support Sodium Reduction Efforts
November 2011
Congress Protects Pizza as a Vegetable in School Lunch
