So what’s in the food you eat? How much sugar is in that cookie? Which foods contain arsenic? The Environmental Working Group spent 3 years to create a database of 80,000 products with all their ingredients. Foods get a score of 1 through 10 (1 is the best) based on how well they perform in three categories: nutrition, processing, and “ingredients of concern”. This is helpful, but it’s probably best—and certainly easier— to eat only fresh produce that has not been touched by the food industry.
Finally, an easy way to find out what’s in your food
More of Today's Solutions
Children learn to be alone through love, not distance
There is something that makes adults uneasy about a child playing alone. A kid absorbed in something private at a playground edge, a bedroom ...
Read MoreNew Mexico court orders Meta to pay $942m over child harms
New Mexico just became the first state to hold Meta financially liable for harms to children’s mental health. The total bill is now $942m. ...
Read MoreStruggling to cut down on sugar? These 4 strategies are sure to help
Are you trying to prioritize your health by committing to a more nutrient-dense diet but, like many others, feel “hooked” on sugar? At times, ...
Read MoreFrance’s composting mandate, ‘compost obligatoire’—a transformative env...
France implemented a bold waste management policy known as the 'compost obligatoire', which went into effect on January 1, 2024. This innovative legislation requires ...
Read More
