5 Confusing Food Labels In Wisconsin That Can Trick You To Buy Things

Health and food options are trending, with many people becoming more aware of how diet affects well-being. As a result, many brands claim to be healthier or include "superfoods." However, these claims aren’t always true. Some products may still be high in sugars, preservatives, or unhealthy fats. Here are 5 things to watch out for.

It's always great to know what to look out for when shopping at your favorite store. This list comes from Cheapism.

Wheat and Grain

Words like “multi-grain” or “made with wheat” may appear on the box, but that’s not really the thing you’re looking for. If you want to eat something that’s entirely wheat or grain-based, you need to look for the magic number: 100.

Gluten-Free

My grandma is always looking for this. The list goes on to say,

It’s possible that it never really needed gluten to begin with; lots of things don’t. Make sure you’re not falling for a fancy price tag, and certainly don’t be fooled into thinking that gluten-free food is automatically healthier than other stuff.

Made With Real Fruit and Veggies

I have seen this one before.

You barely have to include real fruit or vegetables to get over this extremely low bar. Let’s put it this way: If something is 2% real fruit juice, that counts as having been made with real fruit.

Keto

We all know someone on a keto diet.

A lot of less healthy products will try to pass themselves off for healthy choices simply by slapping the word “keto” in front of your face. While ”keto” generally goes along with no added sugars or carbs, but that’s where it stops. Anything else is fair game.

Lightly Sweetened

Hmmm "lightly"

These are, unfortunately, just words, and don’t have much to do with the actual sugar content. This falls under the same category as “bold flavor” or “new and improved.” More of an opinion than an actual nutritional fact, really.

You can see the full list here.