The Big Squeeze: Inside the fight over juice in Canada’s Food Guide

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Appearing to dim the ‘health halo’ that surrounds fruit juice, several proposals from the government’s new Food Guide have received backlash from members of the beverage industry

 

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Nope too much sugar content even if it is fruit sugar. Eat the fruit

Canada lags WAY behind the USA when it comes to labeling food products. Makes it very difficult to make wise food choices. As usual, Canadians do not take the time to raise this important issue with the federal government.

Yeah the wheat board had nothing to do with the fact that for years it was recommended four slices of bread with butter

No, it shouldn’t. Ask any dietician and they will tell you juice is not equivalent to a piece of fruit. From an industry perspective it’s the wedge that is used to confer health benefits to a whole range of sugary drinks. (Adding concentrated 🍎 or 🍇 juice is just sugar folks)

No. Scrap the whole thing.

PR is just a politically correct way of saying spin.

Actually juice is bad for you better to have water.

what if we didn't have a food guide? then we wouldn't have lobbyists trying to buy their way onto it

JeffALewis Quality muckraking fact journalism here, just like that jungle bit on Chicago slaughter houses a century ago.

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