TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Healthy: What’s in a Word?

When it comes to food, what does it mean to be Healthy?

Along those same lines, what even is the difference between being natural and all-natural? Surely a product that is not all-natural is partly un-natural. Or is/can it?

Can a healthy food be hyper-processed – that is made from ingredients that are themselves processed in some way in a lab or factory? What kinds of processes are okay and what distinguishes them? What affect can the processing have on the nutritional value of the food before it can no longer be considered healthy? Can adding vitamin or mineral supplements turn something that is otherwise not healthy into something that is healthy?

Spoiler Alert

Major players in the CPG (consumer packaged goods) Food Industry are not happy with the proposed updates to the rules. Not happy at all.

In this episode of TheChocolateLifeLIVE we’ll discuss what the proposed ruling means in general and what the implications are for “healthier-for-you” chocolate, chocolate confection, and baked goods with chocolate in them.

The FDA’s proposed framework for the updated definition of “healthy” focuses on ensuring that nutrient-dense foods that help consumers to build a diet consistent with current dietary recommendations can qualify to bear the claim.

Resources

Suggested reading before/during/after the episode:

FDA Proposes to Update Definition for “Healthy” Claim on Food Labels

FDA issues proposed rule to update the definition of the nutrient content claim “healthy.”

FDA<a href=”/taxonomy/term/816″ hreflang=“en”>Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition</a>

Use of the Term Healthy on Food Labeling

The FDA has begun a public process to update the “healthy” claim for food labeling to be consistent with current nutrition science and federal dietary guidance.

FDA<a href=”/taxonomy/term/816″ hreflang=“en”>Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition</a>

Home | Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The FDA wants to change what counts as “healthy” food. Big food makers say that’s unfair.

General Mills and other packaged-food giants say the government’s push to tighten food labeling rules is unconstitutional.

CBS NewsIrina Ivanova

CPG Companies Oppose FDA’s Proposed ‘Healthy’ Rule

Big food makers are pushing back against the FDA’s proposed update to what can be labeled “healthy,” objecting to rules that would exclude products with high amounts of added sugar and salt, reports CBS News.This recent update was the FDA’s

28 Feb 2023

My LinkedIn profile
TheChocolateLife page on Facebook (live event)

Hashtags

#healthy #healthierforyou #natural #allnatural  
#chocolate #cacao #cocoa #cacau
#TheChocolateLife #LaVidaCocoa