The food label you should always ignore

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐˜†-๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐˜†:
-Butler JM, Vossler CA (2018). What is an Unregulated and Potentially Misleading Label Worth? The case of โ€œNaturalโ€-Labelled Groceries. Environ Resource Econ 70, 545โ€“564. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0132-9
-Dominick SR, Fullerton C, Widmar NJO, Wang H (2017). Consumer Associations with the โ€œAll Naturalโ€ Food Label. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 24(3), 249โ€“262. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2017.1285262
-Parasidis E, Hooker N, Simons CT (2015). Addressing Consumer Confusion Surrounding "Natural" Food Claims. American Journal of Law & Medicine 41(2-3):357-73 httos://doi.org/10.1177/0098858815591522
-Schirmacher H, Elshiewy O, Boztug Y (2023). That’s not natural! Consumer response to disconfirmed expectations about ‘natural’ food. Appetite 180:106270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106270

๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ (๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ) ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€:
-https://www.fdli.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Parasidis.pdf
-https://www.consumerreports.org/food-labels/seals-and-claims/natural
-https://www.consumerreports.org/media-room/press-releases/2016/05/consumer-reports-survey-show-73-percent-of-consumers-misled-by-natural-labels-at-the-grocery-store/
-https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2008/01/04/natural-will-remain-undefined-says-fda/
-https://www.bonappetit.com/story/natural-food-definition
-https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2014/06/17/natural-food-labels-no-meaning/10674755/
-https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/06/say-no-to-natural-on-food-labels/index.htm
-https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2023/august/prevalence-of-the-natural-label-varies-by-food-category
-https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/publications/106479/EB-35.pdf?v=58215
-https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/peeling-back-the-natural-food-label/
-https://law.duke.edu/news/scholars-fda-when-put-food-natural-meaningless-label
-https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1398&context=elders
-https://behavioralscientist.org/natural-is-better-how-the-naturalistic-fallacy-derails-public-health/
-https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/06/04/viewpoint-70-of-consumers-say-natural-food-is-healthier-but-theres-no-science-behind-the-marketing-hype/
-https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250210-the-appeal-to-nature-fallacy-why-natural-doesnt-always-mean-better
-https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/07/02/nature-valley-natural-label-lawsuit/84447668007/

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€:
-https://youtu.be/X72KpJKKUhI?si=2MbbRsPByWPFawhY
-https://youtu.be/1L4oHYG4aTc?si=vMXzgSqGI2fTxzch

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€:
-https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/22-2684/22-2684-2024-05-02.html

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