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Arsenic, lead found in many samples of grape and apple juice
Money & CompanyConsumer Reports study finds high levels of arsenic and lead in apple and grape juices... -
No fruit in Fruit by the Foot? General Mills sued over snacks [Updated]
Money & CompanyGeneral Mills sued by Center for Science in the Public Interest over health claims on fruit snacks... -
Consumer Confidential: Wal-Mart cuts gas prices, Toyota's new recall, pricier cereal
Money & CompanyHere's your what's-going-on Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --It may be little more than a PR stunt, but it's good news nevertheless. Wal-Mart is cutting gas prices by 10 cents a gallon for three months to...... -
Consumer Confidential: New limit on food ads, 'cramming' is costly, Spotify arrives
Money & CompanyHere's your throw-me-a-bone Thursday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --The country's biggest food companies are trying to head off stricter regulation of their activities by voluntarily cutting back on marketing unhealthy foods to children.... -
Food companies sign up for war on salt
For decades, people have been ignoring advice to eat less salt — in large part because it's hard to avoid. Processed and restaurant foods are simply loaded with sodium.
Now, under growing pressure from doctors, consumers, states, advocacy groups...Tags: Health, Heart Attack, Potatoes, Starbucks Corp., High Blood Pressure
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This is not Buzz Aldrin's space chow
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMichele Perchonok sat contemplating a shrink-wrapped brick of freeze-dried mac and cheese just outside the test kitchen at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The dish has been served countless times on the space shuttle and International Space Station. When...Tags: Potatoes, Orion Space Mission, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Army, Science and Technology
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Chiffon cake: heavenly light, deceptively rich-tasting
Heralded as "the first new cake in 100 years" when it was introduced, the chiffon cake — one of the darlings of midcentury cuisine — became famous for its wonderfully light and airy texture, seemingly weightless as angel food but with a...Tags: Minority Groups, Coconut, Chocolate Cake, Weather, National or Ethnic Minorities
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General Mills, Procter & Gamble pressured to trim packaging [Updated]
GreenspaceThe average American generates about five pounds of trash per day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now a San Francisco-based nonprofit is asking some of the manufacturers who produce it to accept more responsibility for recycling... -
Economic doubts make for two-faced stock market
Money & CompanyWall Street has been a tale of two stock markets for the last couple of months or so. Amid rising concerns about the outlook for U.S. growth, shares of many companies whose fortunes are closely tied to the economy’s swings...... -
It takes more than breakfast to lower cholesterol
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf you believe what you read in the cereal aisle, the right breakfast choice can lower your cholesterol — and cut your risk of heart disease. For the last few years, Cheerios boxes and ads have promoted the cereal's ability to help lower...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Health, Newspaper and Magazine, Heart and Circulatory System, Hospitals and Clinics
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Want to know just how sugary your kid's cereal is? What about your own?
Booster ShotsReese's Peanut Butter Cups rock. No question. And a whole lot of campers rightly appreciate a good s'more now and then. But then, these are desserts or snacks or treats or whatever you want to call them, not meals. Not...... -
Arthur E. Bartlett dies at 76; co-founder of Century 21
Arthur E. Bartlett, a consummate salesman and co-founder of the real estate behemoth Century 21, died New Year's Eve at his Coronado home after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease and other sicknesses, his daughter Stacy Bartlett Renshaw said. He was 76....Tags: Social Issues, Companies and Corporations, Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance, Family
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