FLR 084: Food Scanning Apps - Part 1

Food Labels Revealed

INGREDIENTS OF THE DAY: None

How much better the commercial food world would be if a shopper could look at the front of a food package and in a few moments judge how healthy that product is in terms of its nutritional value and the degree of processing? That’s the subject of today’s episode. Smart phone required.

Show Notes:

To Contact Show: [email protected]

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/prophetofprocessedfood/?ref=bookmarks

The podcast can be subscribed to at the iTunes store, or Google Play, or using most of the podcast apps available for smart phones or tablets. Just search under Food Labels Revealed.

Website: www.foodlabelsrevealed.com

FLR Book:

Fast Food Ingredients Revealed: What Are You Eating? by Mel Weinstein

https://tinyurl.com/59x3vk2c

References:

Yuka Website

https://yuka.io/en/

Food Navigator Magazine: Five Years of Yuka

https://tinyurl.com/yl8yd8ew

Wired Magazine: Scan Your Shipping Cart with Yuka and Make Healthier Choices

https://www.wired.com/story/yuka-app/

Environmental Working Group Website

https://www.ewg.org/

EWG Consumer Guides

https://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides

Wikipedia: Environmental Working Group

https://tinyurl.com/ytvhgowc

Food Revolution: How to Start an Indoor Garden

https://tinyurl.com/2x4pqu65

The Spruce: How to Grow Sprouts

https://tinyurl.com/y67nexl7

Home Microgreens: Podcast

https://homemicrogreens.com/microgreens-podcast/

Music:

Intro music is the "Peter Gunn Theme" by Henri Mancini.

Outro music is “In the Hall of the Mountain King” produced by Kevin MacLeod based on the classical piece by Edvard Grieg.