1. Smucker's Simply Fruit
 All varieties
of Smucker’s Simply Fruit contain
more fruit syrup than actual fruit. And
the syrup doesn’t even come from the fruit
in the products’ names, but from (cheaper) apple, pineapple, or pear juice concentrate.
2. Multigrain Tostitos
 A one-ounce
(8 chips) serving of Multigrain Tostitos
has more sugar (1 gram) than any of its “Four Wholesome Grains.”
3. Kellogg's Special K Fruit &
Yogurt
 The company touts that the "cereal combines the crunch of whole grain goodness, the smooth creaminess of yogurt and the sweet taste of berries….” Yet there is more refined rice than whole grain wheat, no berries (just dyed apple pieces), and no yogurt (just yogurt powder that is usually heat treated, killing any beneficial bacteria) in the cereal.
4. Sara Lee Fruits of the Forest
Deep Dish Pie
 Pie is no health food,
but Sara Lee’s looks like an exception.
With photos of luscious apples, rhubarb,
strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries,
the pie seems like a virtual cocktail of
vitamin-packed fruits, “simmered in their
own juices” to cut down on the added
sugar. But Fruits of the Forest has more
partially hydrogenated oil and sugar than
any fruit except apples. The upshot: Each serving (1/9 of a pie) has 340 calories,
4 -1/2 grams of saturated fat, and 4 grams
of trans! That’s half a day’s bad fat.
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5. Kellogg's Eggo
Nutri-Grain
Pancakes
 The
box boasts that these pancakes
are “Made with Whole
Wheat and Whole Grain,”
but they consist primarily of
white flour.
6. Gerber Graduates for Toddlers
Juice Treats
 The
packaging is decorated with pictures
of oranges, grapes, cherries, peaches,
and pineapples. Yet the leading
ingredients are corn syrup and sugar – and the only “fruit” they contain is
nutritionally poor white grape juice
concentrate. These snacks are more
candy than fruit juice!
7. Enviga
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 Coca-Cola/Nestle claims that
their new drink’s combination of caffeine
and an antioxidant extracted from green
tea will cause people to burn more calories
than the drink provides and help
them control their weight. In fact, one in
five people drinking Enviga burn fewer,
not more, calories and long-term studies
on the ingredients show no
consistent effect on weight.
8. DanActive "Immunity" Dairy
Drink
 This Dannon product
claims to help “strengthen your body's defenses.” But the only
study Dannon did to see if drinking
DanActive kept people from getting
sick found that it didn’t!
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