Fun with Food Labels

 Kim Ode and Rick Sennott of the Minneapolis Star Tribune went grocery shopping with me last week.  Here is Kim's story from the Sunday Variety section:

Grocery shoppers face a growing array of percentages, vitamins, adjectives and health claims up and down the aisles. The information is emblazoned on the packaging if it’s something the producer wants to tout, or in the smallest typeface allowable if the facts aren’t so encouraging. 

Not that some shoppers even care. 

“A lot of people shop only by price and flavor,” said Donna Byrne, a professor of law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul where she teaches food law. She’s not judging, really; for many, price has to be a consideration. 

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Of course, I had to go buy five copies for my mother. DMB