It’s illegal to add hormones to pork (it even says so right on the package!), making this “No Added Hormones” label nothing but hogwash.

It’s time to #PeelBackTheLabel! Join us:, Sep 4 Food companies are misleading consumers to protect themselves.

When food marketers use deceptive labels, consumers lose.Why do they use a Non-GMO label when there is no GMO milk? To spread fear among consumers and prop up sales. True to its name, marketing tactics come from out of left field.These salt brands are some of the most egregious examples.

The amount of misleading “free-from” food labels is spiraling out of control.Demand truth and transparency on #FoodLabels by sharing your examples!, Sep 5 The Latest News Featured | Case Studies Gotham Greens Arugula 10/30/19 Read More || Case Studies Bob’s Red Mill Quick Cooking Rolled Oats 10/01/19 Read More No matter if they’re chunked or sliced, the pineapple in these cans of is ALWAYS GMO free. If you agree, tell Celestial Seasonings through a Tweet to post on their Facebook page, or send them an e-mail. Instead of deceiving the consumer, Celestial Seasonings should rely on the quality of their products to make sales. This label isn’t there to better serve customers or provide more information it’s there to deceptively differentiate the product from the competition in the name of profits. However, the vast majority of their ingredients, like those in Sleepytime tea, do not even have genetically modified versions available to consumers.Ĭelestial Seasonings claims to be committed to transparency and cites it as their reasoning for using a non-GMO label, but we all know better. Celestial Seasonings added the creamy flavor of rich vanilla to their original Sleepytime blend of floral chamomile, cool spearmint and lively lemongrass. In a message to their customers, Celestial Seasonings continues the fearmongering by promising (in all caps) that they DO NOT use genetically modified ingredients. When it comes down to it, this fearmongering label is simply deceptive – not what you’d expect from the otherwise calm and tranquil packaging. But here’s the truth: with only chamomile, spearmint, lemongrass, tilia flowers, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, hawthorn and rosebuds as ingredients– none of which are genetically modified – there is not a GM version of this tea’s plant sources in the first place. By including the Non-GMO Project butterfly logo on the product’s packaging, the company confuses consumers into thinking the tea is different from others on the shelf. But once there, the taste is rather pleasant and friendly.Anything calling itself “sleepy time” should be calm and relaxing, right? But there’s not much comfort to be found in the marketing of Celestial Seasonings’ Sleepytime tea.

I have to steep this to death and stir the bag 'round-n-'round for several minutes to pull out enough flavor to appreciate. It could use a couple notches more potency. I feel a tad dirty about self-plagiarizing, but since the tea looks, smells, and tastes the same as Sleepytime to me, what I said there is valid here: 'The main impediment to a higher score is the mildness of the flavor. For me this is merely a relaxing tea, not outstanding, but pleasant, and in the last cup a few days ago, I noticed no substantial difference in its effect on me before bedtime or while sleeping. I'm writing this an hour after polishing off a cup, two hours after working an all-night shift, and notice no difference in cognition or sleepiness than usual for this stage of my (admittedly backwards) circadian cycle. The only difference I've detected between this product and regular Sleepytime is the addition of valerian root to the ingredients list, and a caution on the side of the box about not driving or operating machinery after using, as if this is some herbal-tea version of Ambien or Sominex. Link to This Review 70 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5

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