10 "healthy" food labels, exposed (CBC Marketplace)

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    Lousy Labels: Health Hype | Originally broadcast February 3, 2012
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Komentáře • 793

  • @iKickItLykeAdidas
    @iKickItLykeAdidas Před 8 lety +765

    does anyone else in the u.s. remember seeing ads trying to say that high fructose corn syrup was healthy because it had corn?

  • @tonyhong20
    @tonyhong20 Před 8 lety +603

    It's so funny how all company responses are so vague

    • @houchi69
      @houchi69 Před 5 lety +33

      Or didn't even answer the questions at all.

    • @SavoirPlusX
      @SavoirPlusX Před 5 lety +7

      Do you think that it's easy to risk investors money?

    • @123RADIOactive
      @123RADIOactive Před 4 lety +13

      It's just a shame it's impossible for everyone in Canada to just simply boycott eating store bought foods and live off of foods they can grow and farm themselves. Which at this point is the only way to avoid these kinds of BS for the most part.

    • @Bogie3855
      @Bogie3855 Před 4 lety +5

      They got caught cheating. What would you expect? Deny deny deny...

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 4 lety +3

      15:00
      Carnation Breakfast Essentials.
      The guy says: Basically this is 9.5 teaspoons of sugar with vitamins and minerals added for good measure.
      The lady says : This breakfast thing has 1/3 more sugar than the Coca-Cola.
      The Breakfast thing is 315 mL with 38 g of sugar.
      The Coca-Cola is 237 mL with 27 g of sugar.
      Why is it 237 mL? Because the USA uses fluid ounce as a measure. 237 mL = 8 USA fl oz.
      I don't know why they chose 315 mL for the breakfast thing. 10.65 USA fl oz is not a round number.
      The lady says : Why do you market this as a healthy drink when it has 38 g of sugar per bottle?
      Answer: The product provides... a good breakfast choice with energy, protein and other nutrients...for the often rushed and on-the-go consumer.".
      Everyone is a politician these days. This is the kind of no-answer answer that I expect from a politician.
      Get used to it. A lot of people around us are politicians.

  • @youtubian2500
    @youtubian2500 Před 7 lety +474

    Hardcore canadian offensiveness:
    "Sorry, your label is lousy"
    Thems fightin' words

  • @MrBeard17
    @MrBeard17 Před 6 lety +338

    _"Nutrition has been the driving force behind kellogs since 1906."_
    100 years later and still trying..

    • @lauriesoper4056
      @lauriesoper4056 Před 4 lety +27

      Yes, there's a lie if ever there was one. Honesty: "Profit has been the driving force behind Kelloggs since 1906. We make our shareholders money in two ways: first, by getting everyone addicted to sugar by the time they are old enough to eat out of a bowl, and second, by driving down the prices we pay farmers for their grain. Recipe for amazing return on investment and stable growth year over year."

    • @LuisMartinez-ih2oc
      @LuisMartinez-ih2oc Před 4 lety +4

      Bruh Moment

    • @freedapeeple4049
      @freedapeeple4049 Před 4 lety +6

      They say "nutrition" has been a driving force; they DON'T say anything at all about GOOD nutrition

    • @itachi2011100
      @itachi2011100 Před 4 lety +1

      and it's being driven on a car made in 1906.

    • @tobiasfunke3770
      @tobiasfunke3770 Před 3 lety +2

      bruh kellogs sells sugary cereal

  • @systematic101
    @systematic101 Před 6 lety +421

    I hate wonder bread but how is their label misleading? The label says "White bread with fibre". That's exactly what the product is. If they had claims something like "white bread with the nutrition of whole grain" then sure.

    • @JoeStuffz
      @JoeStuffz Před 4 lety +10

      The sad thing is that there's a flour called White Whole Wheat flour that has about as much fiber as whole wheat bread, and there's companies making bread with white wheat. It tastes fantastic, near the flavor of white bread, and is better in some ways

    • @winslycan1309
      @winslycan1309 Před 4 lety +16

      The ad said that Wonder+ gives joyful nutrition, so it is a false claim.

    • @marcoconsonni5180
      @marcoconsonni5180 Před 3 lety

      @@JoeStuffz which other way?

    • @JoeStuffz
      @JoeStuffz Před 3 lety +1

      @@marcoconsonni5180 The bread is a little more firmer and less squishier than white bread, but not nearly as firm as wheat bread

    • @judyives1832
      @judyives1832 Před 3 lety +2

      Making your own bread is easy and you can put good stuff in it. Making soup is also easy.

  • @tonyolynyk2145
    @tonyolynyk2145 Před 6 lety +259

    I like how she asks Erica "what do i give my kid now" and she ignores it, i wish they gave healthy alternatives

    • @kittenkiz3506
      @kittenkiz3506 Před 6 lety +29

      Or yu know, if yu don't know anything about the litteral act that we need to do to actually survive, maybe just don't have children?

    • @trapezius77
      @trapezius77 Před 6 lety +77

      Healthy alternatives? Things that don't come in boxes. Beans, grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds. Are Americans and Canadians ignorant and illiterate? These marketplace documentaries lead me to believe so. In super-wealthy powerful countries that is inexcusable. They deserve all the junk they get, because they can't be bothered to buy real food.

    • @naritruwireve1381
      @naritruwireve1381 Před 5 lety +41

      Isn't it kind of common sense that the less processed foods are, the healthier they are?...

    • @drobles394
      @drobles394 Před 5 lety +6

      Apples are my favorite snack. Golden delish apples or any apple of your choice can be a great, trusted, healthy snack. Always wash them correctly first.

    • @andyjoseph4198
      @andyjoseph4198 Před 4 lety +2

      @@drobles394 I'm hearing about washing apples with warm water or other method (washing or soaking in water with some vinegar) to remove the wax coating. What do you do? Personally, I haven't eaten apples for quite some time.

  • @dmitryk53
    @dmitryk53 Před 6 lety +374

    How about: if its packaged and doesn't look like a real food that grows or walks/swims assume its bad for you. Wtf happened to apples and bananas for snacks instead of nutrigrain bars?

    • @MeeplandHeights
      @MeeplandHeights Před 6 lety +33

      dmitryk53 people are addicted to sugars and want to feel good about eating it. Instead of eating a candy bar they'll eat the thing that they can pretend is healthy (or are convinced has something healthy in it that will make it worth eating)

    • @pedromillie
      @pedromillie Před 5 lety +24

      It's a matter of convenience. Healthy food without preservatives or refrigeration can go bad very quickly. Very easy to just grab a bar snack or something similar and put it in your pocket or purse. Try that with an apple or banana. Bodybuilders get a bad reputation because of the drugs that they use to get big, but one thing that people should learn from them is that many of them know what foods to avoid. They eat a lot of healthy food.

    • @Shybear1983
      @Shybear1983 Před 5 lety +11

      Pedro Roman - THIS! Pedro is right, produce spoils boxed food can sit in a pantry caked in preservatives. Family's are busy and like to grab and go without running to the grocery store all time. Less housewives than 60 years ago to take the time to home cook, hence all these garbage, sodium packed frozen meals....

    • @cidb.212
      @cidb.212 Před 5 lety +3

      Pesticides, GMO's and E. coli:(

    • @thespiffingamerican
      @thespiffingamerican Před 5 lety +2

      back in my day we used to blow up pigs bladder instead of ballons

  • @bread9173
    @bread9173 Před 5 lety +43

    Always hated the nutrigrain bars. Literally just sugar. They always made my stomach hurt.

  • @abbraxassk
    @abbraxassk Před 6 lety +179

    Anyone with a brain wouldn't fall for this marketing. How can sugar coated multi-color cereal be healthier than a fried egg.

    • @somebodys7404
      @somebodys7404 Před 4 lety +21

      Try being that busy mom who has a lot of incentive not to dedicate even a minute to figuring out the label, and I think you will not be so hasty to throw such sharp stones.
      To be sure, I agree with you that the nonsense the companies blabber is not hard to see through, thanks to mandatory nutrition breakdown and ingredients list. But we do well to keep in mind that these marketing techniques are heavily invested, highly researched, well-researched, and thoroughly deliberated attempts to manipulate human psychology, so we should not be surprised that they work.

    • @somebodys7404
      @somebodys7404 Před 4 lety +6

      @Jumbomuffin13 You missed my entire point, and your point isn't even logical. "If you're so busy, you should just use your own time to learn to make your own stuff." No, that's why they want others to make it for them.

    • @Greywind920
      @Greywind920 Před 4 lety +10

      eggs aren't actually healthy and it's actually illegal to proclaim that they are.

    • @somebodys7404
      @somebodys7404 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Greywind920 Illegal in which jurisdiction? I've never heard such a thing

    • @KainAbyss
      @KainAbyss Před 4 lety +1

      Fried eggs are bad for you, boiled eggs are better, and no more than 7 a week unless you plan to gain weight.

  • @sallylee4924
    @sallylee4924 Před 7 lety +96

    Real healthy food shouldn't even have labels.

  • @allengrattafiori8978
    @allengrattafiori8978 Před 5 lety +44

    I wish I could get your show here in the states. I’ve watched almost 30 episodes on CZcams so please keep them coming! I’m so tired of corporations taking advantage of people who don’t either have time to research their claims or just don’t know how to look into tings! You guys are doing great work! Thank you

  • @SapphireX413
    @SapphireX413 Před 7 lety +202

    That bread label wasn't lousy at all.... it clearly described the product. It didn't claim to be whole grain, it clearly said WHITE bread with fiber.

    • @braydenhaines5456
      @braydenhaines5456 Před 7 lety +8

      Beckah Mataronas None of these are lousy! Some poor people slaved away finding which colours attract the most attention, what words appeal the most to consumers and how to put it all on the packaging!

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop Před 7 lety +4

      LET'S BE HONEST HERE! With breads you CAN'T infuse them with much fiber / fibre, even if bakeries tried. The most fiber / fibre you can expect from ANY bread is roughly 10-15% of total weight for REAL WHOLE GRAIN DARK WHEAT, or 5g. of INSOLUBLE FIBER / FIBRE for each ~ 30 gm. slice. For oatmeal (don't know about the ground husks, but for the grains themselves) is ~ 3 g. of SOLUBLE FIBER / FIBRE per 30 g. slice or ~ 10%.
      If you want to find REAL FIBER / FIBRE, stick with the proven cold cereals (General Mills' Fiber / Fibre One with up to 55% INSOLUBLE FIBER / FIBRE from both wheat and corn and Kellogg's ORIGINAL All-Bran with 50% INSOLUBLE FIBER / FIBRE).
      And about Wonder's owner's, try their newer owners, Bimbo Bakeries, the US and Canadian arm of the Mexican conglomerate, North America's largest commercial bakery concern...

    • @CyborgNinja7
      @CyborgNinja7 Před 7 lety +5

      The consumer would be coming to the conclusion that fiber equates to other health benefits than the obvious. Fiber is not equivalent to whole bran with all its nutrients.

    • @theslatonator6919
      @theslatonator6919 Před 6 lety +3

      Beckah Mataronas
      I was about to say the same thing. There was nothing inherently fraudulent in it. And people know that when they’re eating white bread, they’re sacrificing nutrition for taste, otherwise they’d just buy some of that gnarly frozen Ezekiel bread.

    • @kennakinns
      @kennakinns Před 5 lety +1

      I love Ezekiel bread. It’s all I buy. By choice!

  • @Mark_Chandler
    @Mark_Chandler Před 4 lety +15

    pro tip....buy food with one ingredient and make your own soup

  • @firebrandsgirl
    @firebrandsgirl Před 6 lety +82

    Haha wait, were we eating pizza pockets for health? Haha

  • @Ohmykitten
    @Ohmykitten Před 6 lety +22

    "Nutrition has been the driving force behind Kellogg's since its founding in 1906."
    You do know the guy who invented Kellogg corn flakes as a way to stop masturbation, right?

    • @naritruwireve1381
      @naritruwireve1381 Před 5 lety +1

      I saw a comment like yours just earlier and thought they were saying it as a joke, but now I'm starting to believe it isn't...

  • @Wiredog71
    @Wiredog71 Před 8 lety +227

    I love what you all do. I wish someone here south of the border would do a show like yours, but it seems they are all afraid of losing sponsors.

    • @OTEP1234567891011
      @OTEP1234567891011 Před 8 lety +11

      +AJ Ketchum You need to watch Penn and Teller: Bullshit! then

    • @Eric-lx8hp
      @Eric-lx8hp Před 7 lety +41

      CBC is publicly funded television paid by taxpayers

    • @robinlillian9471
      @robinlillian9471 Před 6 lety +9

      AJ: Once upon a time, they did do shows like this in the U.S. That was before Bill Clinton and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which deregulated the media. Everything changed after that.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

    • @angelinacamacho8575
      @angelinacamacho8575 Před 6 lety +3

      found it on hulu :)

  • @louistournas120
    @louistournas120 Před 4 lety +85

    Nature is full of "unpronounceable" chemical names.

    • @anonymouslyshady7661
      @anonymouslyshady7661 Před 4 lety +10

      LET'S BAN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE

    • @mayplaysgames7978
      @mayplaysgames7978 Před 4 lety

      Um that's not what they're talking about.

    • @nettart4924
      @nettart4924 Před 4 lety +2

      yeah actually, here's the (natural) tobacco mosaic virus for you: glutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl-
      valyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamyl-
      leucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylseryl-
      leucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutami-
      nylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreo-
      nylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylpheny-
      lalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenyla-
      lanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylala-
      nylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylargin-
      yltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucyli-
      soleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenyla-
      lanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucyli-
      soleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglu-
      taminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreo-
      nylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspar-
      tylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylsery-
      lalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparagi-
      nylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyl-
      tyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenyla-
      lanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltrypto-
      phylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

    • @janedoe5510
      @janedoe5510 Před 4 lety +1

      @@nettart4924 wasn't this named by humans 🙃

    • @nettart4924
      @nettart4924 Před 4 lety +2

      @@janedoe5510 it's still natural though?

  • @mchutube
    @mchutube Před 7 lety +73

    Healthy foods are not in packaged foods, period.

    • @DropsOfJupit3r
      @DropsOfJupit3r Před 6 lety +5

      mchutube This is the kind of comment I was looking for. Correct, and practical; thank you!

  • @apettyfamily
    @apettyfamily Před 7 lety +64

    So the wonder bread had fiber and advertised that it had fiber (not that it was whole grain) - how is that a lousy label?

    • @mayplaysgames7978
      @mayplaysgames7978 Před 4 lety +1

      Cause people are dumb and they know it so they advertise high fiber and that makes dumb people think it's healthier

    • @mayplaysgames7978
      @mayplaysgames7978 Před 4 lety

      It's called "wonder+" to dumb people that means healthy

  • @jaywang7336
    @jaywang7336 Před 8 lety +34

    After watching this, it makes me think that of all those times I saw the word 'extracts' on the ingredients lists, if those 'extracts' are just other words for more menacing ingredients

  • @foxayfox
    @foxayfox Před 7 lety +21

    I died laughing at the "Praeventia" cookies 😂😂 prevent heart attacks with heart shaped cookies. LOL

  • @acbc3543
    @acbc3543 Před 3 lety +5

    My mom didn’t need a label to read . She cooked fresh food and I’ve become an adult who can read labels and eat healthy .Thanks, Mom !

  • @jalalbcit
    @jalalbcit Před 3 lety +3

    CBC Market place by far is the only news that actually cares about people

  • @EG-tf5wx
    @EG-tf5wx Před 5 lety +17

    "This is simply another way for moms to get some Omega-3 into their diet.."
    Pretty sure not just Mom's that are making this.

  • @AJ287772
    @AJ287772 Před 8 lety +32

    There should be an app or website that can tell you if food is healthy or not

    • @Pikachu-ho8rp
      @Pikachu-ho8rp Před 7 lety +8

      Well everything has nutrients on it soo..

    • @AJ287772
      @AJ287772 Před 7 lety +2

      BiikStar 123 yes, but some have good fats and others have bad fats. and if something has bad fats or sugar, I don't know if it's too much or its not as bad.

    • @Pikachu-ho8rp
      @Pikachu-ho8rp Před 7 lety +5

      +AJ287772 I suggest MyFitnessPal

    • @AJ287772
      @AJ287772 Před 7 lety +1

      AG30 Squad ok i will check it

    • @tati3861
      @tati3861 Před 6 lety +1

      just learn what each term means. Don't be lazy.

  • @TheEnixSquared
    @TheEnixSquared Před 7 lety +100

    I don't really think the pizza pockets one was all that bad, they weren't saying it was amazingly healthy they were just talking about how it was no longer filled with chemicals

    • @XSpamDragonX
      @XSpamDragonX Před 5 lety +8

      Unpronounceable ingredients aren't inherently unhealthy. Everything we eat has some technical term that most people wouldn't know. There are a million things with completely regular names you wouldn't want to eat. What something is called has absolutely nothing to do with whether you should stick it in your mouth. As long as you didn't find it under the kitchen sink. ;)

    • @rosevanillaberrychocolate5170
      @rosevanillaberrychocolate5170 Před 5 lety

      @12:05 check the label there. They're making several other claims that most would consider to be found on "healthy" food.

    • @smolshay
      @smolshay Před 4 lety

      Pretty sure it's filled with salt....which is sodium chloride....a Chemical

  • @sleepycowboy18
    @sleepycowboy18 Před 8 lety +151

    Marketplace's reveals makes me want to grow my own food, grow my own cookies, grow my own bread, grow my own fishes :v

    • @noevilea624
      @noevilea624 Před 8 lety +16

      One word - Aquaculture.
      I`m about to start doing it myself.

    • @debtoralive4693
      @debtoralive4693 Před 6 lety +10

      There is deception going on wherever they point their cameras. It is truly scary how we are always a moment away from being scammed. And sometimes we are being scammed without even realizing it. Be wary. Be very wary!

    • @racpatrice
      @racpatrice Před 6 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @cindy846
      @cindy846 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, "grow a cookie" 😅

    • @mementomorgan6721
      @mementomorgan6721 Před 5 lety +1

      I love growing cookies and fish 😂

  • @kaninbullenyt1803
    @kaninbullenyt1803 Před rokem +4

    Respect to the last guy for accepting the interview and changing the packaging later 🙌

  • @shubham-pawar
    @shubham-pawar Před 4 lety +13

    Health conscious parents :- we want healthy food items for our children.
    Also
    health conscious parents :- I give my children processed meat and sugar filled artificial fruit flavoured nutrition bars and whatnot for breakfast and lunch.

  • @bonzie321
    @bonzie321 Před 5 lety +15

    it’s pretty simple. The more a product labels itself “healthy” the worse it is. Period.
    Same with juice. The fruit they show on front, it usually has the least of in it.

  • @joseeliasps
    @joseeliasps Před 6 lety +85

    wtf?? the pizza pocket company didn't lie lol....they never claim it was healthy they just said it had real ingredients

  • @AhmadAhmad-qx6fp
    @AhmadAhmad-qx6fp Před 6 lety +25

    Consumers are smart.
    Shoppers are dumb.
    What kind of insult was that?

  • @annadartanagle104
    @annadartanagle104 Před 8 lety +26

    I live in Europe so I have ActiMel not DanActive and I knoxw that those yoghurts are just junk 'cause in my country we have better yoghurts than Danone's ActiMel

  • @gee_emm
    @gee_emm Před 5 lety +13

    processed foods aren’t so healthy. wow, shocker.

  • @PonderingStudent
    @PonderingStudent Před 4 lety +8

    A counterpart program with some examples of healthy products and of companies/products that demonstrate good, clear labelling would be helpful.

  • @hottroddinn
    @hottroddinn Před 6 lety +17

    It's so frustrating to see that these companies don't answer the actual question and have buzzwords filled sentences when requested for comment. Canadians really need to pull up their socks when it comes to enforcing regulations.

  • @benpoole9505
    @benpoole9505 Před 4 lety +9

    for reference, here are the sugar levels presented in this video in terms of peanut butter cookies (A multi-continental measure).
    If you used the sugar in those bars, you could make ~20 cookies
    If you used the sugar in that juice, you could make ~26 cookies
    If you used the sugar in that drink, you could make ~3 cookies
    I'll look into other foods in this video later, but that's what I got right now.

  • @lormitfortmcmurray5633
    @lormitfortmcmurray5633 Před 3 lety +5

    These are things people should already know. ANYTHING packaged is not nutritious or good for you, no matter what the labels say. Companies lie all the time, thats how they get you to eat and drink this stuff. Moderation is key here and it's ALWAYS a better idea to prepare your own foods.

  • @mariaice9855
    @mariaice9855 Před 5 lety +10

    I thought number 1 was gonna be the toddler drink called pediasure.

  • @RooftopRose079
    @RooftopRose079 Před 4 lety +2

    So for a healthier diet I should eat 3:28 potato chips, 12:08 Doughnuts, 12:10 and French Fries. Then wash everything down with 15:30 Soda.

  • @QiuyuanChenRyan916
    @QiuyuanChenRyan916 Před 4 lety +3

    Been living with tenants and shared a house with a rented bedroom outside for 7 years, my food never got stolen in the fridge or in my cabinet. One reason was simple, they are all whole food so if you want to eat them you have to most likely clean them then shave them or prepare them. Then very traditionally cook them. So when I can eat them in my mouth that usually took one hour at the least, 3 hours at the most.

  • @Healitnow
    @Healitnow Před 8 lety +7

    Penalties for this must be more than fines. Automatic jail sentences for all corporate executives, business owners, and voting share holders must be mandatory for every offense. Also confiscation of corporate assets should be a judicial option along with the stripping of personal homes and bank accounts. The people that do this should also be forbidden to ever work in management again or to have ownership of any corporate shares ever again.
    By the way I eat only certified organic and am in great health at 65.

  • @N3Y5A
    @N3Y5A Před 5 lety +8

    I really salute CBC for these investigations because I am sure that it is not easy to expose or even discuss such topics. Great job, guys!

    • @BL-rb7jm
      @BL-rb7jm Před 7 měsíci

      Make your own pizza pockets from scratch.
      One day a week for making something from scratch and freezing it. We all live a busy, busy life, but if we can do one day, one product that will last a week, we're on a good start. When I was 15 years old, I was living in the country? I would can applesauce I would Can Peaches and beets Every week you name it I did it. I would Make homemade fruit leather in a blender.
      I put it on a cookie sheet and put it outsin the sun.
      I'm old now but I encourage the younger generation to do some Canning anning and to make your own homemade bread and learn how to do little Mini pizzas and learn how to do a lot of things that your grandparents did.
      My cousin, she's got a nice place. And she does the sameven in her older age .
      Try to teach your kids to do baking to do cooking to make homemade soup from scratch before they leave home.
      Years ago I remember talking to this seventeen year old Young lady and her mnever knew how to cook they ate always from the restaurants. And I thought she was joking. Her mother was sitting there and I asked her is this true. And mom said yes.
      So how healthy do you think this young girl is today.

  • @janetmay2157
    @janetmay2157 Před 7 lety +6

    the only problem i have with our labels is that they don't mention "added" sugars. I know the US labels are going to be changing soon to show that... but for something like fruit juices, you don't know what sugars are due to the fruit content versus added sugar content

  • @Charlie-tb3jp
    @Charlie-tb3jp Před 7 lety +110

    how about people just eat real food?

    • @elisabethnatasia5146
      @elisabethnatasia5146 Před 5 lety +5

      ikr? just eat veggie, fruit, or meat! but the real one.

    • @xXMetalforever1994Xx
      @xXMetalforever1994Xx Před 5 lety +12

      It's actually not easy to know what's good for you today. If you think you eat healthy food, you are kidding yourself.

    • @wuggybuttz3923
      @wuggybuttz3923 Před 5 lety +8

      @@xXMetalforever1994Xx If it's from a Farm, Field or Forest, it
      IS FOOD
      If it's from a Factory, you can eat it, they'll call it food, it may resemble "food" but it has been Fabricated to take the place of Food.

    • @somebodys7404
      @somebodys7404 Před 4 lety

      @@xXMetalforever1994Xx Assuming you don't burn your food or add too much salt/sugar or oil, it's hard to cook with raw ingredients something as bad as anything in this video aside from the prepackaged soup, and even then you might still end up better off because fresher and likely less preservative.

    • @mayplaysgames7978
      @mayplaysgames7978 Před 4 lety +2

      @@xXMetalforever1994Xx um no? I eat chicken that comes from my family's farm no preservatives, everything organic, brown nice that has nothing bad in it, and veggies that don't have sprays or GMOs. It's not that hard OR expensive

  • @sjbobkins9442
    @sjbobkins9442 Před 8 lety +9

    Great show, you need to sell the program to PBS. Americans have nothing such as this consumer program, while 90%+ of the products are sold on both sides of the border.

  • @Chepecafeteria
    @Chepecafeteria Před 5 lety +13

    I hate those things that divide in servings when you can eat the whole thing!!!

    • @chrisb.7787
      @chrisb.7787 Před 4 lety +2

      Like your not going to eat a whole block of ramen.

    • @garyholt8315
      @garyholt8315 Před 2 lety

      look at the serving size for bicks sauerkraut. yep 2 tbsp and 230 gr of sodium. outrageously small serving. ugh!

  • @longbeach225
    @longbeach225 Před 5 lety +4

    My advice to people is buy whole ingredients. When I shop I buy base ingredients like flour, organic cornstarch, yeast, fresh veggies and fruits,. With all these ingredients you can make fresh dough which can be used for bread, French rolls, pizza and so on. Flour can be used to make fresh pancakes and I use Stevia to sweeten my foods so no sugar in my diet but only from fruits. I have kitchen equipment like the Bosch mixer to help make 5 pounds of dough which I use to make fresh bread and my bread has whole grains because I put them there. The more people go fresh cooking the healthier you become.

    • @wilhelmtaylor9863
      @wilhelmtaylor9863 Před 3 lety

      With all those ingredients you'll gave type 2 diabetes before you know it.

  • @megashani91
    @megashani91 Před 5 lety +12

    the bread wasnt a lousy label. they said it was white with fibre. thats exactly what it is.

    • @mayplaysgames7978
      @mayplaysgames7978 Před 4 lety +1

      Making dumb people think it's healthy cause it has fiber

  • @AJ287772
    @AJ287772 Před 8 lety +61

    I wish CBC would reply to comments

  • @DankBlank
    @DankBlank Před 7 lety +6

    I had a wonder bread store near me when I was little any my mom would always buy bread from there. Slowly the store shut down and now they're gone

  • @Carmen-nj8ty
    @Carmen-nj8ty Před 8 lety +13

    Laughing can boost your immune system

  • @kanora582
    @kanora582 Před 5 lety +6

    I would love to see an episode on "how long it takes the average consumer to 'find' the ingredients list"

  • @majidabdi9743
    @majidabdi9743 Před 5 lety +22

    Why you can put sugar content of 7-day consumption of a product in one plate (Kellog), but Campell was criticized for not declaring the sodium in one full serve. You are using similar tactics to divert or attract attention. That journalism and making something out of nothing happened in other programs as well (e.g., the orange juice one). The Bread's label was perfectly fine as well: it pronounced that it is white bread.

    • @Its_Syxx
      @Its_Syxx Před 5 lety +4

      Yup this whole thing was loaded with massive reaching, misrepresentation and hypocrisy.

  • @hamids4550
    @hamids4550 Před 6 lety +3

    CBC news please continue on. You are amazing. I wish there were more like you to inform people.

  • @famousstar796
    @famousstar796 Před 6 lety +1

    These informative videos are amazing. They are interesting enough to keep me entertained and I enjoy the interviewing process that the anchors use. It's not too much information it's just right, plus I love how fashionable they are!

  • @jaimicottrill2831
    @jaimicottrill2831 Před 5 lety +5

    Doesn’t anyone read ingredient labels? They give a clearer picture on what you’re buying. However, fresh fruits and veggies and meat are always best!

  • @savedbygrace1582
    @savedbygrace1582 Před 5 lety +2

    Eat healthy: no sugar, don't drink calories, don't eat processed foods (if it has ingredients, it's processed), no white flour.

  • @mlsaulnier
    @mlsaulnier Před 7 lety +2

    The show did the exact thing with the bag of sugar from the nutra-grain bars (showing seven days of sugar, not one) as mislabeling of the sizes. She should have used a bag with one serving of the sugar to be fair.

  • @bozumoyo3277
    @bozumoyo3277 Před 5 lety +4

    I love the CBC Marketplace series, you guys actually make an impact and it's great!!

  • @lizli8159
    @lizli8159 Před 6 lety +2

    The kraft dinner is not only a higher price for junk but it even has less in it

  • @infinitecanadian
    @infinitecanadian Před 4 lety +3

    There are these delicious Campbells Everyday Gourmet boxed soups. But when I looked at the label on some of them, I noticed that they had shoveled 18 grams of sugar into each serving.

  • @Blackmark52
    @Blackmark52 Před 8 lety +32

    This show itself is often as misleading as the packages that it criticizes. Notice how they show a daily serving of the item and then when they want to impress you with how much sugar (or whatever) it represents, they show how much you get in a week. It's the same hype the marketers are giving us in reverse.

    • @Labtop215
      @Labtop215 Před 8 lety +1

      Blackmark52
      When I look at buying food, I often aim to get a weeks supply or more of something or more since I can usually get a discount when I buy a bigger volume of food then when I buy just single servings.
      Often times, it is reasonable to have one of something, once a day, for a week or more (a personal example for me would be a cup of coffee with 2 sugar cubes in it.). With that in mind, seeing how much sugar you are taking in a week from an item of food doesn't seem all that deceptive to me if the product is something I could see myself reasonably consuming every day.
      It demonstrates that your body isn't getting a break from junk food.

    • @Blackmark52
      @Blackmark52 Před 8 lety +12

      You completely miss the point. If marketplace is going to criticize companies for giving factually correct, but misleading information. then they owe it to honest reporting to show strictly one to one comparisons. When they stoop to sensationalizing the issue, they are indulging in misleading marketing themselves.

    • @Labtop215
      @Labtop215 Před 8 lety +3

      Blackmark52
      No, I get your point. I just don't agree.

    • @amyvilcu19
      @amyvilcu19 Před 8 lety

      It's been a while since I watched the video so I don't recall that part. Nonetheless, that's not true...
      It is true that fully intact flax seeds won't be digested if swallowed as such but if you get ground flax (or if you're particularly ambitious you can chew it yourself), you will get the nutrition from it.

    • @cindy846
      @cindy846 Před 5 lety +4

      @@Labtop215 When they show how much sugar it represents in one week, they should also show the number of bars that would need to be eaten to get that amount. Blackmark52 is not against the fact that they show the amount of sugar for one whole week, but against the fact that they show ONE bar right before (instead of 7) only to make it look even more dramatic.

  • @danielwaughn5835
    @danielwaughn5835 Před 8 lety +46

    You see an asterisk after anything, don't buy it.

    • @Pikachu-ho8rp
      @Pikachu-ho8rp Před 7 lety

      I dont get the reason why. Why?

    • @ttyngordon
      @ttyngordon Před 7 lety +8

      +AG30 Squad because it comes with small print. usually sayi g that what they're telling you has not been evaluated by anyone so it probably does not work.

  • @jonmikol3416
    @jonmikol3416 Před 6 lety +3

    I love what you guys do, you are great investigators.

  • @McLKeith
    @McLKeith Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for the reminder. It is too easy to believe labels.

  • @Tactrus
    @Tactrus Před 8 lety +10

    This is a really great show. It's surprising it doesn't get more views. Very well done

  • @ARUchannel1
    @ARUchannel1 Před 2 lety +3

    I love these types of shows where consumers are told to pay more attention to certain products

  • @rani.andretti
    @rani.andretti Před 4 lety +1

    Here in Europe Actimel doesn't have such claims in the packaging, but the ads don't hold back in telling us we can avoid the cold with it.

  • @ilovesparky13
    @ilovesparky13 Před 5 lety +7

    Huh. I didn't know that Dannon was called "Danone" in Canada and Europe.

    • @lordihlendam3619
      @lordihlendam3619 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah, they had to drop the silent e for us 'muricans

    • @FeuerblutRM
      @FeuerblutRM Před 4 lety

      @@lordihlendam3619
      Danone is Catalan, I'm not sure it's a silent e.

  • @Ir1w
    @Ir1w Před 3 lety +1

    In America I’ve never seen a label on any food item saying that it makes you smart.

  • @adde9506
    @adde9506 Před 5 lety +1

    Not saying that granola bars are healthy, but it's interesting how they act like there's no sugar in fruit. Just looked it up: a serving of fresh mango has 18 grams of sugar. How much was in those bars again?

  • @BloodyCanadian
    @BloodyCanadian Před 3 lety +1

    It's hard for people read their own labels and be responsible for what they put in their bodies! Sue everyone!

  • @windyhawthorn7387
    @windyhawthorn7387 Před 4 lety +3

    I read the ingredients of a product not the advertising. It helps me understand the flavor an nutrition of a product. For example I like 3 to 4 ingredient corn tortillas chips and I chose based on the oil it's fried with.

    • @april_
      @april_ Před rokem

      I recently found plantain chips cooked with coconut oil. Ingredients are plantain, coconut oil, and salt. They taste amazing

  • @aimeelouvier-sutton
    @aimeelouvier-sutton Před 5 lety +3

    I read labels cuz my son is allergic to things I can't have in my house. But it seems the healthiest things come right out of the ground and directly off the farm

  • @amelie2626
    @amelie2626 Před 4 lety +1

    The only real safety we have in knowing what is in our food, is making meals with real ingredients that we buy and cook for ourselves and who has the time to do that every day. Even as a stay-at-home Mom, I had to resort to pre-made products for many meals. What Canadians need to do is complain to government agencies, not only about deceptive labelling, but also about the amount of salt, sugar and chemicals that can be legally added to our food. If we remain complacent, and Canadians are really good at being complacent, nothing is going to change.

  • @anona
    @anona Před 7 lety +3

    That denactive was 4 years expired the time this was posted. It bugs me

  • @sydd183
    @sydd183 Před 8 lety +12

    All I think of is Nutella XD

  • @danielhughes5614
    @danielhughes5614 Před 4 lety +1

    Perhaps Schools should teach a series of courses in 'How to understand what you are looking at and being told'.
    They should be compulsory but I imagine the 'powers that be' would oppose such a revolutionary approach.
    Who wants an informed and discerning population?

  • @jackburton4224
    @jackburton4224 Před 4 lety +3

    "consumers are screwed" in a nutshell, telling it like it is

  • @Mintyoreos
    @Mintyoreos Před 8 lety +55

    I get my omega 3's from plants. So do a lot of other people with GI problems. I am pretty find and dandy I'd say.

    • @arena_sniper7869
      @arena_sniper7869 Před 7 lety +38

      No you aren't you can't even spell.

    • @Michelle-pn9xt
      @Michelle-pn9xt Před 7 lety +6

      Do you mean fine and dandy?

    • @jordansmith3721
      @jordansmith3721 Před 6 lety +4

      Mintyoreos He is misinformed Flaxbased Omega 3s are one of the best for DHA. EPA Flaxbased isn't the best but still shows benefits than placebo

    • @Shloopy420
      @Shloopy420 Před 6 lety +1

      People with GI problems do well with cod liver oil. IDK what you're smoking.

    • @jeanbaptist6255
      @jeanbaptist6255 Před 5 lety +4

      I never had fish and my Omega's is spot on. I eat flax once every two weeks or so

  • @dominicoconner1973
    @dominicoconner1973 Před 4 lety +4

    feeding your kids pizza pockets is just a parent being lazy.

  • @usamamorgan2117
    @usamamorgan2117 Před 8 lety +6

    Respect-from Africa.

  • @graffitojml3467
    @graffitojml3467 Před 8 lety +5

    I loved watching this kind of things, but I would like to tell me what kind of products I could eat that are good for me

    • @electricorca
      @electricorca Před 8 lety +6

      just eat real food, not products

    • @daydreamerallieas3950
      @daydreamerallieas3950 Před 7 lety +1

      I buy fresh veggies, meat and fish from the meat section and seafood. I pretty much buy whole and "real foods"

    • @acbc3543
      @acbc3543 Před 3 lety

      Common sense is the right choice

  • @ricardosp7975
    @ricardosp7975 Před rokem +1

    The main takeaway from this video is that in Canada the best mobile phone reception is in the car park.

  • @SarabjeetSanghera
    @SarabjeetSanghera Před rokem +1

    I have one general rule in life: Do no eat anything from bottles or cans or packages other than water.

  • @SainterX
    @SainterX Před 7 lety +3

    Heres the issue, all of these companies are out to make money. There is NO incentive for them to behave otherwise. You cannot blame a company for wanting to earn lots of money and have lots of people buy their products. The issues come with poor lawmaking. If you want something to chance you have to vote and elect the people who are going to do something about it.

  • @lipschutz
    @lipschutz Před 4 lety +1

    15:32 ah! the Canadian BlackBerry... I really missed that phone.

  • @YaelEylatTanaka
    @YaelEylatTanaka Před 4 lety +3

    Both reporters are WRONG when they analyze the ingredients in the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Superfruit bars. They both claim that they (the bars) contain "just over 3 teaspoons of sugar per bar," and the nutrition expert pours a whole week's worth of sugar onto the plate of a parent. In fact, each bar contains 12g-13g of sugar PER BAR (yes, it's redundant). The label with ingredients information can be found at smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000359217, and shows specifically "Includes 12g added sugars" per serving! They are trying to debunk health claims found on labels, but seem to minimize the amount of sugar (12g) by reporting it as "3 teaspoons of sugar"! Each bar contains over HALF the recommended amount of added sugars for men and women per day (6 teaspoons for women, 9 teaspoons for men, with no info on how many for children) - that's EACH BAR. With so much added sugars and refined flour added to EACH BAR, can you imagine how much sugar a person consumes in a day? If these reporters want to clarify misleading information on labels, they should also clarify what 12g of added sugars represents!

  • @gandako627
    @gandako627 Před 4 lety +3

    American watching Canadian TV 😂
    Lov this show!

  • @Iloveyoursmile
    @Iloveyoursmile Před 4 lety +1

    Preventia reminds me product in Czech republic called Opavia Good morning. I was eating it every morning for about a year till I gained weight of sugar intake.

  • @VALENTINA2026
    @VALENTINA2026 Před 5 lety +2

    If your buying a product for the first time don't you read the nutrition and ingredient label!? I'm a busy mother of two and I manage to find time to read label especially if it's a product I never bought before. I agree companies shouldn't be allowed to be deceptive like this but I also think it's people being naive and lazy about what they throw in the cart. Haven't we learned u can't trust companies to have your best interest at heart!? They are there to make money. I too used to be believe certain brands were okay too but I believe if you're going to put it in your body you need to make the time to do a little research.

  • @thepastcomesalive2082
    @thepastcomesalive2082 Před 3 lety +1

    That Wonder Bread that’s called wonder plus, you guys should change the label and call it wonder minus.🤣

  • @anarky4321
    @anarky4321 Před 5 lety

    05:26 I use that same exact Blackberry, nice to see someone has good taste

  • @jvg9401
    @jvg9401 Před 3 lety +2

    This is so frightening. What do we eat now? 🤔

  • @kan-zee
    @kan-zee Před 6 lety +5

    2:10 Grab up a few of them..LOL 😜 👍 😁 🙃
    Gotta love the *PLACEBO FOOD* !!

  • @Irene-gq4jr
    @Irene-gq4jr Před 5 lety +1

    When people say they are too busy to cook I wonder what their priorities are. There's nothing more important than what you fuel your body and brain with. Cooking from scratch with raw ingredients is cheaper, doesn't take as long as folks think and can be done as a bigger batch, frozen then defrosted/reheated as needed. It just takes a bit of planning and effort.

  • @donnatrudeau889
    @donnatrudeau889 Před rokem

    It's hard to get a straight answer from any source, but i gave up grains years ago, and all the benefits you get from grain, you get more completely from other sources, nuts , seed, vegetables.

  • @TheMouseAvenger
    @TheMouseAvenger Před 4 lety +1

    Ahhh, I'm not worried about processed foods, high fructose corn syrup, & all that jazz! Eat, drink, & be merry! (downs a glass of Pepsi, whilst eating Lays Stax, Skittles, & other goodies) All I'm saying is, life's too short to fuss over those things! Besides, food choices alone do not determine health, weight, etc...It's also exercise, lifestyle choices, & all that sort of thing!

  • @laraoneal7284
    @laraoneal7284 Před 5 lety +1

    Please do a vid on UNCURED MEATS 🆚 ANY OTHER . Is there any difference at all.?