Signs, Signs,
BY JIM MATHIS
Everywhere Signs
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o you ever find yourself at the grocery store looking at signs and labels and wondering what they really mean? Is “free range” better than “cage free?” What’s the difference between organic and all natural? What the heck is a GMO and do I care if something is or isn’t? Well, dear reader, I shall try to answer a few of those questions, even if the answers aren’t as straight forward as it seems like they should be.
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MAN IN THE KITCHEN
Free-Range, Natural? Let’s start with some of the more vague concepts like “natural.” Seems simple enough, right? To be called natural, a product needs to be free of artificial colorings, dyes, flavorings, or preservatives. But that can be pretty wide open to interpretation. Something could be made with GMOs, or be grown with agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides and still be called natural. So “natural” is a pretty low bar and doesn’t say much.
