It has to be a pet peeve of many people on a diet: the lack of nutritional information. It's true, when you buy something in a grocery store it's always on the label, and it's possible to get a lot of information on line. What makes me nuts is when you're some place where you have no options and there is no information.
For example, at the Las Vegas Airport terminal D, home of Continental, Northwest, JetBlue, Delta, etc. has what I, and others, would say is a terrible food selection. There is a Pizza Hut, and a Burger King, both bad options. There may be better options, but of course no one lists the Nutrition Facts of what they are serving.
I abstained from eating anything, because after a cancellation I was booked on Continental, which often has pretty good food (or at least relatively low cal, such a turkey sandwich). However, as this was a dinner flight, they wound up serving a hamburger, which was indeed pre-packaged, but didn't have any labeling on it at all. Even worse, there was a pack of M&Ms in the meal which were "labeled" "Not Labeled for Individual Sale". Now this is garbage -- I mean, there was enough room to print the information on the package, they obviously are omitting it because the food is total crap and they don't want people to know.
I guess I'm going to go on a quest to find ways to push companies to label their food. I wonder if there is a place to sign a petition or something? It could make me nuts!
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One of the best consumer groups for nutrition is called the Center for Science in the Public Interest. They put out a monthly newsletter called Nutrition Action which is filled with great articles and information about food and health. Their site is at http://www.cspinet.org/ and they are big lobbyists for food labeling. Check out articles about labeling from mercury levels to whole grains here: http://www.cspinet.org/foodsafety/regulation.html
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