What does "Natural" on a food package mean to you?

[Robin Garr]

It may just mean that somebody's lyin' ...

Is "Natural" A Food Marketing Scheme?
FoodRepublic.com
Why natural doesn't necessarily mean healthy
BY TOM ROSTON

What do Froot Loops, 7Up, Cheetos, chickens raised on a Perdue factory farm, and Lay's Honey Mustard potato chips all have in common? They all carry claims that they're made naturally—sort of.

What does that mean? Like the word, “natural,” itself, not much. So what if Froot Loops have "natural fruit flavors" or Cheetos, a product neither God nor Mother Nature herself could ever have conceived of, is made with "all natural oil." The food industry has warped the word “natural” to its own liking.

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/10/10/ ... ing-scheme

Natural doesn't mean squat - arsenic, strychnine, and asbestos are natural.

it's a bulls**t marketing word. just like "wholesome goodness". i see that on a lot of packaging as well.

Unfortunately the word "Natural" (coming from nature) doesn't mean a whole lot in the food industry. At one time when most of us were a lot younger saying something called natural was about the same as saying something called organic today. However because there are no regulations regarding the use of the word marketing experts have twisted it to their advantage.

It's nothing more than a "catch word/phrase". It means nothing...just like 90% of this deep-breathing-tree-hugging--touchy-feely-get-in-touch-with-your-belly-button-flakey-bullsh**

No, it doesn't mean nothing, it means chemically engineered to taste like something natural. Specifically, almond extract..the flavours are chemically enhanced to be more intense then if you extracted oils from an almond. If you say it's naturally flavored it's been reproduced man made to taste natural. Not nothing, and certainly not natural.

It's nothing more than a "catch word/phrase". It means nothing...just like 90% of this deep-breathing-tree-hugging--touchy-feely-get-in-touch-with-your-belly-button-flakey-bullsh**

99%

Ironic that the one percenters were once hell's angels, and are now the dire opposite of...

It used to be that food was all you could eat, today there are thousands of edible foodlike substances in the supermarket. These novel products of food science often come in packages elaborately festooned with health claims ,which brings me to another, somewhat counterintuitive, piece of advice: If you're concerned about your health, you should probably avoid products that make health claims. Why? Because a health claim on a food product is a strong indication it's not really food, and food is what you want to eat.

from In Defense of Food, An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan

Ironic that the one percenters were once hell's angels, and are now the dire opposite of...

Oh I dunno...Personally I'm of the opinion that many of today's one percenters are still Hell's Angels. They just ride around in Biz-jets as opposed to riding motorcycles.

It's nothing more than a "catch word/phrase". It means nothing...just like 90% of this deep-breathing-tree-hugging--touchy-feely-get-in-touch-with-your-belly-button-flakey-bullsh**

Yeah, this is right up there with Occupy Wall Street. Some people will ceaslessly abandon reason in favor of liberal propaganda.

Yeah, this is right up there with the Tea Party. Some people will ceaselessly abandon reason in favor of conservative propaganda.

There, fixed it for ya.

There, missed the joke for ya.

There, fixed it for ya.

[Robin Garr]

There, missed the joke for ya.

There, fixed it for ya.

at Jeff and Ray ...

I'm rolling eyes at myself. Knew I shouldn't have gone there...