Low Fat vs. Reduced Fat? Watch out for misleading labels.
Marketing tactics in the food industry can be tricky. It is easy to gravitate towards food labels that claim “low fat” or “reduced fat” because they seem like obvious choices.
We would like to assume Big Food has our back and that these foods are better for us.
Both “low fat” and “reduced fat” labels are red flags that actually do not mean the same thing. Not even close… and one is more dangerous than the other.
Far more concerning than the amount of fat in a packaged food, are the highly inflammatory ingredients used to replace fat in processed foods.
Here are 10 commonly misleading foods to watch out for.