We read the ingredient label so you don't have to. Honest explainers on additives, seed oils, dyes and sweeteners, plus real products compared with their Clean Food Score label scores. Audio from the Clean Food Score YouTube videos.
Allergen Labels: What Contains, May Contain and Gluten Free Really Mean
A conversation about allergen labels: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Whole Grain and Fiber Claims: Made With Whole Grain Is Not 100 Percent
A conversation about whole grain and fiber claims: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Ultra-Processed Food: What NOVA Means and How It Differs From a Label Score
A conversation about ultra-processed food: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Xanthan, Guar, Gellan and Friends: What Gums and Thickeners Do in Your Food
A conversation about xanthan, guar, gellan and friends: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Sugar Alcohols, Stevia and Monk Fruit: What Sugar Free Really Means
A conversation about sugar alcohols, stevia and monk fruit: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Low Sodium, Reduced Sodium, No Salt Added: What the Claims Really Mean
A conversation about low sodium, reduced sodium, no salt added: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Organic, Natural, Grass-Fed, Pasture-Raised: Decoding Front of Package Claims
A conversation about organic, natural, grass-fed, pasture-raised: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Added Sugar Has Dozens of Names: How to Spot It on a Label
A conversation about added sugar has dozens of names: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Natural Flavors Explained: What the Label Actually Means
A conversation about natural flavors explained: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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How to Read an Ingredient List in Five Minutes
A conversation about how to read an ingredient list in five minutes: what the rules say, what the label shows, and how to check it yourself. We read labels, we do not give medical advice.
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Carrageenan is a thickener extracted from red seaweed. It is in plant milks, creamers and ice cream. Here is how to spot it and skip it.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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Sauerkraut is cabbage and salt, fermented. Raw refrigerated jars may have live cultures, shelf stable ones are heat treated. Here is the label check.
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Per the CDC, shape and texture come first. Then use the label for added sugar, dyes and ingredient count. Not medical advice.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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It depends on the item. The plain Americano lists water and espresso, but one drink is not the whole menu. Here is how to check any order.
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#shorts #starbucks #red40
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Plain lard is rendered pork fat. Some shelf stable lards list hydrogenated lard and BHA. Here is what to look for.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Fatworks Organic Grass-Fed Beef Tallow — 100/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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#shorts #lard #foodlabels
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Justin's classic almond butter lists dry roasted almonds and palm oil. Here is why palm oil is there and what a cleaner jar looks like.
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• Justin's Classic Almond Butter — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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Ezekiel lists sprouted grains, water, yeast and salt with no added sugar. Dave's 21 grains adds organic cane sugar. Both are clean, here is the difference.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Original Sprouted Whole Grain Bread — 100/100
• Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Seeds — 100/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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#shorts #ezekielbread #daveskillerbread
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Blue 40 is a mix up with Red 40. The real blue dyes are Blue 1 and Blue 2. Here is where they hide and what to look for instead.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #blue40 #foodlabels
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Hu Simple lists cacao, coconut sugar, grass-fed milk and cocoa butter. Clean label, but coconut sugar is still sugar. Here is how to read any chocolate bar.
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• Hu Kitchen Salty Dark Chocolate — 71/100
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#shorts #huchocolate #foodlabels
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Spindrift lemon lists carbonated water and lemon juice, and that is it. Here is what real squeezed fruit means and what to skip in other seltzers.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Spindrift Lemon Sparkling Water — 71/100
• Spindrift Grapefruit Sparkling Water — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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Compare every coffee creamer brand label free
Coffee creamer brands, ranked by their labels: we read forty bottles from fourteen brands, from Coffee mate (47 to 71 depending on the bottle) to Starbucks, Dunkin, Chobani, Horizon and the plant brands that clear every label (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Forager Project Plain Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Brands, Not Bottles
0:23 Coffee mate
1:05 Flavored and Coffee Shop Brands
2:28 The Dairy Brands
3:10 The Plant Brands
4:12 Brand Takeaways
4:52 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#coffeecreamer #foodlabels #grocery
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Read keto coffee creamer labels free
Keto is not a label claim the FDA defines, so a keto friendly coffee creamer comes down to the list and the panel. We show where sugars hide (corn syrup solids, coconut sugar, maltodextrin) and which creamer labels in our catalog keep it to cream or coconut (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Elmhurst 1925 Unsweetened Oat Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:28 Keto Is Not a Label Rule
1:08 Where the Sugars Hide
1:52 Fat First Labels
2:44 Oat and Seed Oil Labels
3:23 Your Keto Creamer Check
3:48 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#keto #coffeecreamer #foodlabels
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Compare sugar free and unsweetened creamer labels
Sugar free creamer means under half a gram of sugars per serving, and the sweetener is only half the story. We put Natural Bliss sugar free cinnamon (stevia, 71) next to Ripple (monk fruit plus seed oil, 63) and unsweetened labels from MALK, Elmhurst and nutpods (as of October 2026).
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• Elmhurst 1925 Unsweetened Oat Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Two Kinds of Sugar Free
0:33 What Sugar Free Means
1:03 What Makes It Sweet
1:32 Side by Side: Sweet, No Sugar
2:15 The Unsweetened Route
3:04 Which One to Pick
3:31 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#sugarfree #coffeecreamer #foodlabels
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Compare every dressing brand
Organic salad dressing versus conventional: Tessemae's organic classic ranch scores 92 on our label scale, Kraft classic ranch scores 47. We explain what the USDA organic seal means, compare salad dressing brands from Ken's and Marie's to Hidden Valley and FODY, and show which brands we cannot score yet (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 What Organic Means
1:05 The Organic Brand on Our Shelf
2:09 The Big Conventional Brands
3:13 Clean Without the Seal
4:00 Brands We Cannot Score Yet
4:32 Picking a Brand
5:01 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#organic #saladdressing #foodlabels
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Check any coffee creamer label free
Natural coffee creamer has no formal FDA definition, so we read the back instead. Coffee mate Natural Bliss vanilla lists four ingredients, half and half is milk and cream by law, and "nondairy" can still mean a milk protein (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Forager Project Plain Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Natural, Defined?
0:33 Natural Bliss, Read
1:08 The Natural Dairy Creamer
1:49 The Nondairy Surprise
2:30 Natural Plant Creamers
3:15 A Natural Label Check
3:48 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#coffeecreamer #naturalfood #foodlabels
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Compare Italian dressing labels
Is Italian dressing healthy? The Kraft zesty Italian label we checked lists soybean and canola oil and no olive oil. We test three common beliefs against the label, explain the sugar and preservatives, and show Italian style dressings from Tessemae's and FODY that score higher (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 No Olive Oil in the Bottle
0:26 The Kraft Label
1:23 Nothing Added?
2:05 Italian Style, Higher Scores
2:55 The Bottle You Make
3:33 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#italiandressing #saladdressing #foodlabels
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Compare every cracker label
Looking for low sodium crackers? We ranked 14 cracker labels by sodium per 100 grams from USDA FoodData Central records, from 300 mg (Good & Gather water crackers) to 1,000 mg (Club Original Minis), explain FDA low sodium and unsalted rules, and show unsalted rice crackers from our shelf (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Gap
0:44 What Low Sodium Means
1:28 The Ranking, Lowest First
2:35 Traps on the Panel
3:32 Unsalted and Lightly Salted
4:32 A Low Sodium Cracker Check
5:07 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#lowsodium #crackers #foodlabels
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Compare balsamic dressing labels
Is balsamic vinaigrette healthy? Ask the label what comes first: vinegar, oil or water. We read Tessemae's, FODY and Newman's Own balsamic labels, explain grape must, oil blends and sweeteners, and give a four point vinaigrette check (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Vinegar or Oil First
0:41 Three Balsamic Labels
1:47 The Big Brand Bottle
2:24 Where the Sweetness Comes From
3:08 The Vinaigrette Check
3:31 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#balsamic #saladdressing #foodlabels
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See the Ritz Original label and score
Are Ritz crackers healthy or bad for you? Ritz Original lists enriched flour, canola and palm oil, sugar and high fructose corn syrup, scores 55 on our label scale, and its USDA FoodData Central record shows 130 mg sodium and 0 g fiber per 5 crackers. We explain each ingredient and the serving size catch (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 A Quick Quiz
0:32 The Flour and the Oils
1:24 Two Sweeteners
2:05 Salt and the Serving
2:42 Where Ritz Lands
3:33 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#ritz #crackers #foodlabels
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See the Wheat Thins Original label and score
Are Wheat Thins healthy? Wheat Thins Original lists whole grain wheat flour first, then canola oil, sugar, malt syrup and refiner's syrup; the USDA FoodData Central record shows 4 g added sugars and 200 mg sodium per 16 pieces, and it scores 63 for the canola. We compare it with Triscuit and two unsweetened crackers (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Myth
0:29 Every Ingredient, In Order
1:09 How Much Sugar?
1:51 Salt, Oil and the Score
2:36 Unsweetened Swaps
3:20 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#wheatthins #crackers #foodlabels
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Compare 40+ coffee creamer labels free
What is the healthiest coffee creamer by the label? We ranked forty creamer labels from our catalog, from Coffee mate The Original (three flags, score 47) to half and half, unsweetened plant creamers and the shelf's only perfect 100 (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Forager Project Plain Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer — 71/100
• Elmhurst 1925 Unsweetened Oat Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:53 The Bottom of the Shelf
1:32 One Flag: The Middle
2:24 The Top: Dairy
3:00 The Top: Plant Based
4:05 Sugar and the Ranking
5:01 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#coffeecreamer #foodlabels #cleaneating
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Compare protein bar labels and sweeteners
Low sugar protein bars get their sweetness from allulose, sugar alcohols, monk fruit or sucralose, and only one of those is flagged by our checker. We compare real labels from Quest, ONE, Pure Protein and Fiber One, explain the FDA sugar claims and the allulose rule, and show the date sweetened alternative (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Two Bars, One Word Apart
0:22 The Sugar Words and the Sweeteners
1:42 Real Labels, Real Swaps
2:41 Where Low Sugar Bars Lose Points
3:22 The Other Route: Dates
4:02 Picking a Low Sugar Bar
4:41 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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See every granola bar label we scored
Are granola bars healthy? The oats are real, but the classic chewy granola bar labels we checked add corn syrups and seed oils and score 55. We read eight granola and oat bar labels, explain the FDA healthy claim, and rank the healthiest granola bars on our shelf by label (as of October 2026).
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• KIND Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt Bars — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Myth
0:39 The Chewy Classics
1:29 The Organic Aisle
2:13 Granola Bars That Pass
3:18 The Healthiest Granola Bars, by Label
4:10 Reading Any Granola Bar
4:37 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Check the grain on any cereal label
Whole grain cereal: "made with whole grain" tells you some whole grain is in the box, not how much. We use the FDA's description of a whole grain, the first ingredient test on Cheerios, Honey Bunches of Oats and a Froot Loops Mashup, the Whole Grain Stamp, and look-alike words like bran and khorasan flour (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Nature’s Path Organic Heritage Flakes — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Smart Bran Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Khorasan Wheat Puffs Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Monarch Magic Cereal — 100/100
• Cheerios Original Oat Cereal — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 How Much Is Whole?
0:51 The First Ingredient Test
1:46 The Stamp on Some Boxes
2:23 Words That Look Whole
3:13 Boxes That Pass
3:54 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#wholegrain #cereal #foodlabels
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Check a ranch label free
Is ranch dressing healthy? On three of the four big brand ranch labels we checked, the first ingredient is soybean oil, not buttermilk. We compare Kraft, Wish-Bone, Ken's, Hidden Valley light and Tessemae's organic ranch, explain light ranch and MSG, and show which label scored highest (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Buttermilk Comes Later
0:40 Three Classic Bottles
1:36 The Light Ranch Trade
2:14 A Ranch With No Buttermilk
2:58 MSG and Portion
3:36 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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See every dressing score
The healthiest salad dressing on our shelf, by label, scores 92 out of 100, and no dressing we checked reached a perfect score. We rank 12 real bottles from Tessemae's, FODY, Brianna's, Ken's, Marie's, Kraft, Girard's and Wish-Bone and give a ten second bottle check (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Ninety-Two Is the Ceiling
0:46 Tier One: Ninety-Two
1:45 Tier Two: Seventy-One
2:34 The Middle and the Bottom
3:44 Portion and Salt
4:19 A Ten Second Bottle Check
4:49 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#saladdressing #healthyeating #foodlabels
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Check any ketchup label free
Is ketchup vegan? Most bottles we checked are plant based on the label, but Primal Kitchen A Tad Sweet lists honey, and Heinz and Hunt's list natural flavoring, which under FDA rules can come from animal sources. We sort seven real ketchup labels by what they show (as of October 2026).
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• Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Squeeze Ketchup — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Just Tomatoes?
0:22 What Vegan Rules Out
0:58 Question One: Honey
1:27 Question Two: Natural Flavoring
2:06 Question Three: The Sugar
2:40 Seven Bottles, Sorted
3:31 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#vegan #ketchup #foodlabels
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Compare canned fish labels
Does tuna have omega-3? Yes, but three ounces of light tuna in water has about 190 mg of EPA plus DHA per USDA FoodData Central, albacore about 730, and canned sardines and salmon more still. We add the FDA mercury side and real labels (as of October 2026).
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• Wild Planet Wild Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Yes, but Less Than You Think
0:45 Light, White and Oil
1:24 The Mercury Trade
2:02 Other Cans on the Aisle
2:58 Shopping for Omega-3
3:27 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#omega3 #tuna #cannedfish
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See the Heinz ketchup label and score
Heinz ketchup ingredients, side by side: the classic label in its USDA record lists high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup, while Heinz Organic lists organic sugar. We read all eight ingredients, the nutrition panel per tablespoon (20 calories, 4 g added sugar, 180 mg sodium) and compare three Heinz bottles and Hunt's (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Same Brand, Two Sweeteners
0:22 Eight Ingredients, In Order
1:15 The Nutrition Panel
1:56 Why It Scores Sixty-Three
2:31 Three Heinz Bottles
3:24 Heinz Next to Hunt's
4:00 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#heinz #ketchup #foodlabels
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See the Heinz No Sugar Added label and score
Heinz No Sugar Added ketchup swaps high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup for sucralose, with one gram of tomato sugar and zero added per tablespoon in its USDA record. We read the seven ingredient label, explain no sugar added vs sugar free, compare it with classic Heinz and show two other routes (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Squeeze Ketchup — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 What Replaces the Sugar
0:27 Seven Ingredients
1:04 Not the Same as Sugar Free
1:39 What Sucralose Is
2:17 The Numbers Next to Classic
2:56 If You Want Neither
3:31 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#heinz #ketchup #nosugaradded
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Compare organic cereal labels
Organic cereal brands are not equal on the label: two EnviroKidz boxes score 100 and 92, and the difference is soy oil. We explain the USDA organic tiers, then read Nature's Path, EnviroKidz, Jovial, Cascadian Farm, Ezekiel 4:9 and a store brand organic box (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Cereal — 100/100
• Nature’s Path Organic Heritage Flakes — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Mesa Sunrise Gluten-Free Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Multibran Flakes Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Smart Bran Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Cheetah Chomps Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Monarch Magic Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Khorasan Wheat Puffs Cereal — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Same Brand, Two Scores
0:23 What the Seal Means
1:18 Nature's Path
2:25 EnviroKidz and Jovial
3:21 Cascadian Farm, Ezekiel and Store Brands
4:46 The Organic Ranking
5:21 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#organic #cereal #foodlabels
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Read the shredded wheat label
Is shredded wheat healthy? The shredded wheat label we checked (Kroger Shredded Wheat, USDA FoodData Central) lists one ingredient, whole grain wheat, with 0 g sugars and 0 mg sodium per serving. We cover the trade off (it is not fortified), compare it with Honey Bunches of Oats and other plain grain cereals, and how to sweeten the bowl yourself (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Nature's Path Organic Khorasan Wheat Puffs Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Multibran Flakes Cereal — 100/100
• Cheerios Original Oat Cereal — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 One Ingredient
0:31 What the Panel Shows
1:06 The Trade Off
1:36 Other Plain Grain Cereals
2:28 The Bowl Is Up to You
3:10 The Verdict
3:30 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shreddedwheat #cereal #foodlabels
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See the RXBAR label we scored
Are RXBARs healthy? The RXBAR chocolate sea salt label we checked lists eight ingredients, led by dates and egg whites, with nothing flagged by our checker and a label score of 71. We explain natural flavors, where the sugar comes from, and how it compares with Larabar, Skout and Quest (as of October 2026).
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• LÄRABAR Cashew Cookie Bars — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Label Fact
0:18 Eight Ingredients, in Order
1:01 Two Words People Ask About
1:40 Where the Sugar Comes From
2:18 Four Ways to Build a Bar
3:30 So, Are RXBARs Healthy?
4:00 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#rxbar #proteinbar #foodlabels
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See the full Clif bar label we scored
Are Clif bars healthy? The Clif chocolate chip energy bar label we checked lists three syrups before the chocolate and one flagged seed oil, for a label score of 63. We read it line by line, check Clif Builders, and compare RXBAR, Bobo's and Larabar (as of October 2026).
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• LÄRABAR Cashew Cookie Bars — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Label Fact
0:27 The Label, Line by Line
1:20 The One Flag
2:04 Builders, the Protein Version
2:48 Clif Next to Other Bars
3:36 So, Are Clif Bars Healthy?
4:09 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#clifbar #energybar #foodlabels
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See every protein bar label we scored
The cleanest protein bars on our shelf start with dates, nuts or egg whites. We rank ten protein bars by their exact ingredient labels, from Skout Organic at 100 to Pure Protein at 47, and show which sweeteners, oils and dyes cost points (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 The Top of the Shelf
2:02 The Middle: Sugar Swapped Out
3:08 Where Bars Lose Points
4:11 The Bottom of the Shelf
4:47 The Full Ranking
5:25 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#proteinbars #cleaneating #foodlabels
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Compare organic yogurt labels
Organic yogurt brands, read label by label: Alexandre Family Farm grass fed scores 100, Stonyfield plain organic and Alexandre 6% plain score 85, and organic cane sugar is still sugar (as of October 2026). We explain the USDA organic pasture rules and how to tell an organic cup from one organic ingredient.
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Chapters
0:00 What the Seal Buys
0:39 How Organic Scores
1:22 Alexandre Family Farm
2:15 Stonyfield and Sierra Nevada
3:03 Organic Ingredient or Organic Cup?
3:41 Store Brands and How to Pick
4:48 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#organic #yogurt #foodlabels
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Compare protein on canned tuna labels
How much protein is in a can of tuna? About 20 grams for a drained five ounce can of light tuna per USDA FoodData Central, 22 to 29 on the Bumble Bee labels we checked, and 36 on Safe Catch Elite's own label (as of October 2026). Here is why the numbers differ.
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• Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Twenty-Two Grams
0:23 The USDA Baseline
0:56 Four Kinds of Can
1:41 Six Labels, Six Numbers
2:38 The Rest of the Panel
3:17 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#tuna #protein #nutritionfacts
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Compare albacore and skipjack labels
Albacore vs skipjack: the ingredient labels tie at 100, but FDA testing puts canned albacore near three times the mercury of canned light tuna, and USDA FoodData Central gives it nearly four times the omega-3. Here is how to choose (as of October 2026).
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• Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Same Label, Different Fish
0:54 On Ingredients, a Tie
1:32 Mercury
2:21 Omega-3 and Protein
3:17 How to Choose
3:42 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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See all 28 mac and cheese labels ranked
What is the best boxed mac and cheese by label? Seven organic boxes from Annie's and Jovial score 100, twelve labels with nothing flagged score 71 (including Kraft original, Banza and Goodles), and the canola oil sauce boxes score 63. Our picks for gluten free, protein, whole grain and classic taste, plus a four step box check (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:41 Tier Three: Sixty-Three
1:53 Tier Two: Seventy-One
3:11 Tier One: One Hundred
4:05 The Best Box for You
5:16 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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See the Safe Catch Elite label check
Safe Catch Elite tuna lists one ingredient, skipjack tuna, and scores 100 on our label score; the brand says it tests every tuna for mercury, which we attribute to Safe Catch and put next to FDA data (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna — 100/100
• Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna — 100/100
• Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna No Salt Added — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 What You Pay For
0:36 What Safe Catch Claims
1:25 Where Skipjack Sits
2:05 Next to Other Cans
3:20 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#safecatch #cannedtuna #foodlabels
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See the Goodles Cheddy Mac label we scored
Goodles mac and cheese review, from the label: the noodles are wheat flour plus chickpea and wheat protein, with vegetable extracts after that, and both Goodles labels we checked score 71 with nothing flagged. We read Cheddy Mac and Mover and Shaker line by line and compare them with Banza, Kraft and Annie's (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:27 Inside the Noodle
1:13 Inside the Cheese
1:56 Mover and Shaker
2:37 Goodles vs the Shelf
3:14 Our Goodles Verdict
3:50 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#goodles #macandcheese #foodlabels
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Plain psyllium husk lists just psyllium; one flavored tub in our catalog adds sweeteners and two dyes. Here's the swap.
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• Terrasoul Superfoods Psyllium Husk Powder — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #psylliumhusk #fiber
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See the Annie's organic mac and cheese label we scored
Is Annie's mac and cheese healthy? Two Annie's classic cheddar labels score differently: 100 for the organic box, 71 for a label with organic pasta but regular dairy, and none of the seven scored Annie's labels lists anything our checker flags. We read each label and compare shells, grass-fed and gluten free boxes (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Two Boxes, Two Scores
0:26 The One Hundred Label
1:20 The Seventy-One Label
2:06 Shells, Grass-Fed and Gluten Free
2:59 So Is Annie's Healthy
3:34 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#annies #macandcheese #foodlabels
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Plain milk lists one to three ingredients. Organic, A2 and ultra-filtered are claims, not ingredients; flavored milk is where to read closely.
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• Organic Valley Organic Whole Milk — 85/100
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #milk #foodlabels
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"Lightly sweetened fruit juice" means sweetener was added. Here's the wording to look for on canned fruit and vegetables.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #cannedfruit #foodlabels
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Check the high heat oil labels we scored
High heat cooking oils, by the USDA smoke point chart: peanut, safflower and soybean at about 450°F down to corn, olive and sunflower at about 410°F. We explain why refining moves the numbers, cover avocado and coconut oil with USDA FoodData Central data, and read real labels and scores (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Chosen Foods Organic Avocado Oil — 100/100
• Nutiva Organic Virgin Coconut Oil — 100/100
• Chosen Foods Refined Avocado Oil — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 How Hot Is Your Pan
0:24 The USDA Chart
1:05 Why the Numbers Move
1:45 Missing From the Chart
2:31 Labels on the High Heat Shelf
3:21 Is It Done
3:54 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#cookingoil #smokepoint #foodlabels
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Check the Chobani plain label
Is Chobani Greek yogurt healthy? The USDA record for plain nonfat Chobani lists one ingredient, while the flavored cups add cane sugar, pectin and gums, and both score 60 on our label score (as of October 2026). We explain why, compare Chobani with FAGE, Heroes, Stonyfield and Alexandre, and show what to read on the back of the cup.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 One Ingredient
0:26 The Plain Cup
1:06 The Flavored Cups
1:43 Same Score, Different Sugar
2:13 Chobani Versus the Shelf
3:08 Which Chobani to Buy
3:35 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#chobani #greekyogurt #foodlabels
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Low sodium means 140 mg or less per serving, and most deli meat carries several hundred. Here's how to pick a better pack.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #delimeat #lowsodium
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Compare Greek yogurt labels
Low sugar Greek yogurt starts with the ingredient list: five Greek style cups on our yogurt shelf list no sweetener at all. We sort the rest by cane sugar, agave, stevia and artificial sweeteners, with the FDA added sugars Daily Value for scale (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
• Kite Hill Vanilla Unsweetened Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 Four Rungs
0:34 Rung One: Cane Sugar and Honey
1:10 Rung Two: Other Sugars
1:46 Rung Three: No Calorie Sweeteners
2:37 Rung Four: Nothing Added
3:29 Lighter and Tastier Plain
4:06 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#greekyogurt #lowsugar #foodlabels
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Popular pancake syrups start with corn syrup and caramel color. Real maple syrup has one ingredient, and the grade is about flavor, not purity.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #maplesyrup #pancakes
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Check the Oikos Triple Zero label
Is Oikos Triple Zero healthy? The cherry label we checked is sweetened with stevia leaf extract and built on chicory root fiber, and scores 60, while the peach record adds carrageenan and scores 53 (as of October 2026). We explain stevia and chicory fiber with FDA sources and compare four ways yogurt gets sweetened.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 Zero What?
0:25 The Cherry Label
1:09 Stevia and Chicory
1:46 Same Brand, Two Scores
2:13 Four Ways to Sweeten a Cup
2:56 The Pick
3:28 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#oikos #greekyogurt #foodlabels
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One is unsweetened coconut and water, the other is a sweet syrup for pina coladas. Here's the three-second label check.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #coconutcream #coconutmilk
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Compare every cooking oil label we checked
The healthiest oil for frying is not just the one with the highest smoke point. We test frying oils three ways, by label score, by USDA FoodData Central fat profile and by the USDA frying guide, and rank avocado, olive, peanut, canola, corn and soybean oil (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Nutiva Organic Virgin Coconut Oil — 100/100
• Chosen Foods Refined Avocado Oil — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:25 Test One: The Label
1:08 Test Two: The Fat Inside
2:11 Test Three: The Heat
3:12 The Ranking
4:33 Fry Smarter
5:16 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#frying #cookingoil #foodlabels
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Jelly, jam, preserves, marmalade and fruit spread in 40 seconds, plus the four-point jam label check.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #jamvsjelly #preserves
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Read the canola and vegetable oil labels we checked
Is canola oil healthier than vegetable oil? The Crisco vegetable oil label we checked lists one ingredient: soybean oil. We compare canola and soybean oil with USDA FoodData Central fat data, FDA qualified health claims and USDA smoke points (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Chosen Foods Refined Avocado Oil — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Vegetable Means Soy
0:24 Two Crisco Labels
0:46 The Fat Inside
1:46 What the FDA Says
2:27 When Vegetable Is Not Soy
3:12 At the Stove
3:54 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#canolaoil #vegetableoil #foodlabels
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Shoyu, tamari, liquid aminos and coconut aminos, explained in 40 seconds, plus the three words to skip on any soy sauce label.
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• Bragg Liquid Aminos — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #soysauce #tamari
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Canned black olives are picked green, then darkened with air and an iron salt. Here's how Kalamata and Castelvetrano differ, and the clean label to look for.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Kosterina Spicy Kalamata Olives — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #olives #foodlabels
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Compare corn, canola and other oil labels
Corn oil vs canola oil: Mazola sells both, each label lists one ingredient, and both score 63 on our checker. We compare them in four rounds, label, USDA FoodData Central fat profile, USDA smoke points and FDA qualified health claims (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Chosen Foods Refined Avocado Oil — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Same Brand, Same Score
0:27 Round One: The Label
1:02 Round Two: The Fat Inside
2:02 Round Three: The Fryer
2:46 Round Four: What the Bottle Can Claim
3:28 The Scorecard
4:02 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#cornoil #canolaoil #foodlabels
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See every canola and frying oil label we checked
Frying with canola oil? The USDA lists canola at about 435°F, well above normal frying temperatures. We read three canola labels from our catalog, show USDA FoodData Central fat data, the USDA frying temperatures by food, and how to reuse and retire frying oil (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 Four Hundred Thirty Five
0:26 Three Bottles, One Word
1:13 Inside the Bottle
2:00 Setting the Heat
2:33 Using It Twice
2:59 When to Pick Another Bottle
3:28 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#canolaoil #frying #foodlabels
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The pantry jar is a vinegar pickle. Here's the two-second check for a real lacto-fermented one.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #pickles #fermentedfoods
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What mold-free coffee claims are really about, and the three questions to ask any brand.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Forager Project Plain Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer — 71/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #coffee #moldfreecoffee
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Compare yogurt labels
The best yogurt for gut health, judged by the label, is a plain cup that names its live cultures. We ranked the yogurt shelf by named cultures, added sugar and flagged additives, with FDA and NIH context on what live and active cultures mean (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:53 What Live Cultures Mean
1:56 What the Science Says
2:50 The Ranking
4:05 Probiotic Branding
4:55 Dairy Free and Missing Names
5:46 Your Ten Second Culture Check
6:34 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#guthealth #yogurt #foodlabels
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See every cereal label ranked
Healthy cereal for kids, judged by the label: we scored every cereal in our catalog and the kids' boxes run from 100 (EnviroKidz, colored with juice) down to 39 (Fruity Pebbles Crunch'd, with Red 40, corn syrup and BHT). We show the top tier, the familiar middle, and why sugar is a separate check on the Nutrition Facts panel (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• EnviroKidz Organic Cheetah Chomps Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Turtle Splash Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Whole O’s Gluten-Free Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Monarch Magic Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Less Sugar Cereal — 100/100
• Cheerios Original Oat Cereal — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Thirty-Six Boxes
0:46 The Bottom of the List
1:52 Where the Color Comes From
2:52 The Top Tier
3:52 The Familiar Middle
4:56 Sugar Is a Separate Check
5:55 A Ten Second Box Check
6:41 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#kidscereal #healthybreakfast #foodlabels
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The cleanest protein tubs have one or two ingredients. Here's what to check on the flavored ones.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Naked Nutrition Naked Whey, Unflavored — 75/100
• Promix Whey Protein Powder, Unflavored — 75/100
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #proteinpowder #foodlabels
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Compare every canned tuna label
Is canned tuna healthy? Twenty-two of the twenty-eight tuna labels we could score earned a perfect 100; the ones that lost points list a seed oil, and mercury is the question no label answers, so we use the FDA and EPA fish advice and USDA FoodData Central (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna — 100/100
• Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Twenty-Two Perfect Labels
0:45 What Is in the Can
1:33 The One Thing We Flag
2:27 What the Label Cannot Show
3:14 What Tuna Brings
3:57 How Much Tuna
4:45 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#cannedtuna #tuna #foodlabels
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Compare cereal labels for sweeteners
Low sugar cereal, sugar free and no sugar added are three different claims, and only sugar free (also zero sugar, no sugar) has an FDA gram limit: under 0.5 g per serving. We read real labels: stevia and monk fruit in Catalina Crunch, sucralose in a protein cereal, five sweeteners in Honey Bunches of Oats, and one-ingredient puffs that score 100 (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Nature's Path Organic Khorasan Wheat Puffs Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Smart Bran Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Less Sugar Cereal — 100/100
• Cheerios Original Oat Cereal — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 Three Claims, One Number
0:42 What the FDA Rules Say
1:44 How Zero Sugar Boxes Stay Sweet
2:48 Count the Sweeteners
3:38 The Lowest Sugar Labels
4:37 The Sugar Check
5:19 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#lowsugar #cereal #foodlabels
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See every cracker ranked
What are the healthiest crackers? We ranked 64 scored cracker labels from our shelf by ingredients and flagged additives, from the nine that score 100 down to the boxes with seed oil, TBHQ and corn syrup, plus USDA FoodData Central sodium per 100 grams (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Mary’s Gone Crackers Original Crackers — 100/100
• Flackers Sea Salt Flaxseed Crackers — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
1:14 The Perfect Scores
2:14 One Step Down
3:21 The Famous Boxes
4:11 The Bottom of the Shelf
5:04 The Salt Column
6:14 Pick One in Ten Seconds
7:02 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#crackers #foodlabels #healthysnacks
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See the Triscuit Original label and score
Are Triscuits healthy? Triscuit Original lists three ingredients, whole grain wheat, canola oil and sea salt, scores 63 on our label scale for the canola, and its USDA FoodData Central record shows 3 g fiber and 170 mg sodium per 6 crackers. We compare it with Wheat Thins, Ritz and a 100 scoring cracker (as of October 2026).
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• Mary’s Gone Crackers Original Crackers — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Three Ingredients
0:51 Whole Grain First
1:41 The One Flag
2:30 The Salt
3:19 On the Same Shelf
4:12 So, Are Triscuits Healthy?
4:57 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#triscuit #crackers #foodlabels
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Compare low sugar ketchup labels
Sugar free ketchup barely exists on a label: the FDA line is under half a gram per serving, and tomatoes carry their own sugar. We rank the low sugar ketchups in our catalog by label, from Primal Kitchen unsweetened (no sweetener, score 100) to Heinz No Sugar Added (sucralose, score 63) (as of October 2026).
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• Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Squeeze Ketchup — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Half a Gram
0:49 What the Words Mean
1:38 Three Ways to Cut Sugar
2:23 Number One: Unsweetened
3:21 Number Two: Sucralose
4:35 The Ones That Miss
5:36 The Full Ranking
6:38 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#sugarfree #ketchup #foodlabels
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Compare ketchup labels free
Is ketchup healthy? One tablespoon of classic Heinz is twenty calories, four grams of added sugar and 180 mg of sodium in its USDA record, and its label lists two corn syrups. We compare five ketchup labels and their scores and do the serving math against FDA daily values (as of October 2026).
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• Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Squeeze Ketchup — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 One Tablespoon
0:50 What Ketchup Is, Legally
1:35 The Serving Math
2:39 The Bottles We Checked
3:42 Less Sugar or a Simpler List
4:32 A Quick Ketchup Check
5:11 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#ketchup #foodlabels #cleanfoodscore
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Compare every mac and cheese label we scored
Is mac and cheese healthy? We scored 28 current mac and cheese labels: seven score 100, twelve score 71 and nine score 63, and the drop comes mostly from canola oil in ready made cheese sauces. We explain the powder, enriched pasta, sodium and serving size, and what a top scoring box looks like (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:41 Three Parts of a Box
1:27 What Is in the Powder
2:29 Where Scores Drop
3:21 Salt and the Serving
4:06 What a 100 Looks Like
4:51 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#macandcheese #foodlabels #cleanfoodscore
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See the Kraft mac and cheese label we scored
Is Kraft mac and cheese healthy? The Kraft original label we checked scores 71 with nothing flagged and paprika, turmeric and annatto for color, while Kraft Deluxe and Velveeta add canola oil in a ready made sauce and score 63. We read each label line by line and compare it with Annie's organic (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:40 The Blue Box, Line by Line
1:27 Where the Orange Comes From
2:25 The Deluxe Surprise
3:22 Kraft Next to Annie's
4:14 Our Verdict
4:56 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#kraftmacandcheese #macandcheese #foodlabels
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What is sauerkraut? Shredded cabbage and salt, fermented by lactic acid bacteria. We explain how it is made, raw versus pasteurized (and what live cultures can and cannot promise), sodium, kraut versus kimchi, and a five point label check, with the sauerkraut we have scored (as of October 2026).
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:37 How Sauerkraut Is Made
1:14 Raw Versus Pasteurized
1:56 What Is on the Shelf
2:32 Kraut Versus Kimchi
2:59 The Sodium Question
3:24 A Ten Second Kraut Check
3:53 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#sauerkraut #fermentedfood #foodlabels
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Does Starbucks use Red 40? It depends on the item. The plain Americano lists water and brewed espresso, but one drink does not speak for the menu. We cover the 2012 cochineal story, how pink drinks get color, red dye names to scan for, and a step by step way to check any order (as of October 2026).
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:40 What We Verified
1:25 The Cochineal Story
2:10 Pink Does Not Mean Red 40
2:39 Names a Red Dye Hides Behind
3:08 How to Check Any Order
3:52 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#starbucks #red40 #foodlabels
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Healthy snacks for toddlers: texture and safety come first (see the CDC choking hazard guidance), then a label can help with added sugar, dyes and ingredient count. We walk through a five point label checklist, plain versus flavored yogurt, baby food pouches and kid aisle dyes. Label facts, not medical advice (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• FAGE Total Plain Whole Milk 5% Greek Yogurt — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:42 Texture Comes First
1:27 The Label Checklist
2:01 A Worked Example: Yogurt
2:42 Baby Food Pouches
3:12 Dyes and Added Sugar
3:42 Simple Snack Ideas
4:07 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#toddlersnacks #foodlabels #parenting
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Lard vs hydrogenated lard: plain lard is rendered pork fat, while hydrogenated lard is processed to stay shelf stable. We explain hydrogenation, the FDA trans fat timeline and the zero grams loophole, how to read a shortening label, and cleaner swaps like leaf lard, tallow, ghee and butter (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Fatworks Organic Grass-Fed Beef Tallow — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:35 What Lard Is
1:15 What Hydrogenation Does
1:58 The Trans Fat Rules
2:43 Reading a Shortening Label
3:09 Cleaner Swaps
3:42 A Ten Second Fat Check
4:11 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#lard #transfat #foodlabels
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What is carrageenan made from? Red seaweed: it is a plant based thickener (E407) that keeps almond milk and creamers from separating. We explain how it is made, the three types, which foods use it, what is disputed about gut health as of October 2026, and carrageenan free plant milks from our catalog.
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:33 Made From Seaweed
1:09 Kappa, Iota and Lambda
1:32 Where It Hides
1:56 The Debate
2:25 Carrageenan Free Picks
3:02 Label Check
3:26 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#carrageenan #foodlabels #almondmilk
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Is Justin's peanut butter healthy? The Justin's label we checked (classic almond butter) is two ingredients: dry roasted almonds and palm oil. We explain why palm oil is added, compare peanut and almond butters from our catalog, contrast them with Jif and Skippy labels, and give a five point nut butter check (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Once Again Creamy Organic Peanut Butter, Unsalted — 100/100
• Justin's Classic Almond Butter — 71/100
• Smucker's Natural Creamy Peanut Butter — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:36 What Is in Justin's
1:13 Why Palm Oil Is There
1:48 Peanut Butters Compared
2:26 The Mainstream Jars
3:05 So Is It Healthy
3:34 A Ten Second Nut Butter Check
4:00 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#justins #peanutbutter #foodlabels
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Potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, titanium dioxide and propylparaben: legal in the US, not in EU food. Here's the easy way to skip them.
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#shorts #foodadditives #foodlabels
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Dave's Killer Bread 21 whole grains versus Ezekiel 4:9: both score 100 on our label score, but Ezekiel has no added sugar and Dave's adds organic cane sugar. We read both ingredient lists line by line, explain sprouted versus whole grain, compare Rudi's and Silver Hills, and give a five point bread checklist (as of October 2026).
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• Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Seeds — 100/100
• Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Original Sprouted Whole Grain Bread — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:38 Dave's Killer Bread Label
1:22 Ezekiel 4:9 Label
1:58 Sprouted Versus Whole Grain
2:28 Other Loaves for Comparison
2:53 A Bread Label Checklist
3:24 The Verdict
3:48 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#ezekielbread #daveskillerbread #foodlabels
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"BHT added to packaging material" means the preservative is in the liner. Here's what BHT and BHA are and the easy swap.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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#shorts #bht #foodlabels
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A clean jar lists one ingredient. Some shortenings add soybean oil, BHA and BHT. Here's the 10-second check.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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#shorts #beeftallow #tallow
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What is Blue 40? There is no Blue 40 food dye. The real FDA certified blues are Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF, E133) and Blue 2 (Indigo Carmine, E132). We cover their label names, what they are made from, where blue hides (green and purple foods too), what regulators say as of October 2026, and natural blues like spirulina and butterfly pea.
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:32 Why There Is No Blue 40
0:58 Blue 1 and Blue 2
1:35 Names on a Label
2:03 Where Blue Hides
2:31 What Regulators Say
3:10 Natural Blues
3:50 How to Avoid Blue Dye
4:20 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#blue40 #fooddye #foodlabels
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No sugar, no seed oil, nothing flagged. Here's the one thing Rao's Marinara is missing, and the three-second sauce label check.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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#shorts #raos #pastasauce
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Is Hu chocolate healthy? Hu has one of the shortest, cleanest chocolate labels: cacao, unrefined coconut sugar, cocoa butter, no soy lecithin or artificial flavor. But coconut sugar is still sugar. We read the exact Hu labels, compare organic bars like Equal Exchange, and give a ten second chocolate label check (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Hu Kitchen Salty Dark Chocolate — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:36 What Is in a Hu Bar
1:16 What Is Not in It
1:47 The Sugar Question
2:26 Organic Bars Compared
3:05 What a Label Cannot Tell You
3:33 A Ten Second Chocolate Check
4:00 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#huchocolate #darkchocolate #foodlabels
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Mostly, by the company's own description. Here's what grass-fed butter means and what to look for if you want grass only.
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#shorts #kerrygold #grassfedbutter
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Spindrift ingredients in one line: sparkling water and real fruit juice. We read the current Spindrift labels, explain how little juice is in a can, compare it with natural flavor seltzers like Waterloo and sweetened ones, and give a five check label routine (as of October 2026).
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• Spindrift Lemon Sparkling Water — 71/100
• Spindrift Grapefruit Sparkling Water — 71/100
• Waterloo Lemon Italian Ice Sparkling Water — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:38 What Is Inside a Spindrift
1:17 How Much Juice Is Really In There
1:58 Juice Versus Natural Flavors
2:36 Sweeteners and Add-Ins
3:13 Why Some Flavors Show Unknown
3:39 Other Seltzers Compared
4:10 A Ten Second Checklist
4:41 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#spindrift #sparklingwater #foodlabels
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Plain psyllium husk, whole or powder, should list exactly one ingredient, while some flavored fiber supplements add sweeteners and artificial dyes. We explain what psyllium is, the FDA's careful heart-health claim wording, the liquid warning on every label, and real picks with their label scores (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 One Ingredient
0:42 What Psyllium Is
1:30 Whole Husk or Powder
2:09 The Nutrition Panel
2:56 Organic Psyllium Husk
3:30 What the FDA Allows
4:33 Water, Every Time
5:15 Flavored Fiber Supplements
6:00 Fiber Supplement Ingredients
6:53 The Label Check
7:23 Picks From the Shelf
8:03 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#psylliumhusk #fiber #foodlabels
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The chicken is cooked in refined peanut oil, but the classic sandwich label lists soybean oil three times. Here's where.
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#shorts #seedoils #chickfila
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Plain milk has one of the shortest labels in the store, so what actually separates whole from 2 percent, organic milk from A2 milk, and lactose-free from ultra-filtered? We read the cartons, explain ultra-pasteurized, vitamins A and D and flavored milk thickeners, and show real picks with their label scores (as of October 2026).
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• Organic Valley Organic Whole Milk — 85/100
• a2 Milk Whole Milk — 60/100
• Lactaid 100% Lactose-Free Whole Milk — 60/100
• Fairlife Whole Ultra-Filtered Milk — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Milk Aisle
0:47 Whole, Two Percent, One Percent, Skim
1:30 Vitamins A and D
2:18 Pasteurized or Ultra-Pasteurized
2:56 Organic Milk
3:44 A2 Milk
4:29 Lactose-Free Milk
5:09 Ultra-Filtered Milk
5:56 Flavored Milk
6:51 Ten-Second Milk Check
7:30 Picks From Our Catalog
8:21 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#milk #foodlabels #organicmilk
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Most frozen nuggets are par-fried in seed oil at the factory. Here's the one line on the box to read.
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#shorts #seedoilfree #chickennuggets
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Canned vegetables and canned fruit can absolutely be part of a healthy diet; the federal Dietary Guidelines say so. The difference is on the label: salt in vegetables, sugar in fruit. We cover canned vs fresh nutrition, "no salt added" vs "low sodium", juice vs light and heavy syrup, calcium chloride and other additives, BPA and can linings, canned spinach, and real cans with their Clean Food Score (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:42 Canned vs Fresh
1:38 The Sodium Question
2:34 Sugar Where You Don't Expect It
3:04 Canned Fruit: Juice vs Syrup
3:50 The Additives You'll See
4:57 Cans vs Jars
5:39 What About Canned Spinach?
6:19 The Pantry Label Check
6:55 Picks From Our Catalog
7:48 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#cannedvegetables #cannedfruit #foodlabels
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Most chips are fried in seed oil. These aren't, and here's the and/or trick to watch for.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #seedoilfree #noseedoils
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MSG is just glutamate plus sodium, the same glutamate in tomatoes and parmesan. Here's what the FDA says and how to spot it.
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#shorts #msg #umami
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The healthiest deli meat, going by the label, is plainly roasted turkey, chicken or roast beef with a short ingredient list, low sodium per 2 oz serving and no added sugar, carrageenan or phosphates. We explain what "low sodium" legally means (140 mg or less per serving), turkey vs ham, what the WHO's cancer agency actually said about processed meat, and real deli turkey labels with their Clean Food Score (as of October 2026). We read labels; we don't give medical advice.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Sodium Comes First
1:28 What Low Sodium Means
2:15 Reading the Sodium Line
3:01 The Curing Question
3:35 Sugar, Carrageenan and Phosphates
4:20 Turkey vs Ham
5:00 Is Lunch Meat Bad for You?
6:09 The Deli Label Check
6:55 Picks From Our Catalog
7:49 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#delimeat #lowsodium #foodlabels
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No calcium propionate on the label? Look for cultured wheat flour and vinegar at the end of the list.
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#shorts #bread #foodlabels
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Real maple syrup has one ingredient; most pancake syrup starts with corn syrup and caramel color. We cover what counts as 100% pure maple syrup, maple syrup grades (golden to very dark), organic and Canadian maple syrup, what sugar free maple syrup really is, and the best maple syrup on our shelf with label scores (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:43 What Counts as Real Maple Syrup
1:43 Pancake Syrup, Line by Line
2:53 Maple Syrup Grades
3:48 Organic Maple Syrup
4:27 Canadian Maple Syrup
5:10 Infused and Barrel Aged
5:51 Sugar Free Maple Syrup
6:40 How Much Sugar in a Spoon
7:22 How to Read a Syrup Label
7:55 The Best Maple Syrup
8:22 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#maplesyrup #pancakesyrup #foodlabels
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Corn syrup is mostly glucose. HFCS is part fructose. Here's the difference in 40 seconds.
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#shorts #hfcs #cornsyrup
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Coconut cream and cream of coconut are not the same thing, and grabbing the wrong can turns a curry into dessert. We read coconut milk labels line by line: full fat vs light, unsweetened, guar gum and other thickeners, cartons, coconut milk nutrition, BPA-NI cans, and the cleanest cans we've scored (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:43 Coconut Cream or Cream of Coconut?
1:37 What's in the Can
2:28 Full Fat Versus Light
3:14 Guar Gum and Other Thickeners
4:29 Unsweetened, Condensed and Cartons
5:33 Coconut Milk Nutrition
6:16 Can Linings and B P A
7:04 How to Read a Coconut Milk Label
7:34 Our Picks
8:24 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#coconutmilk #coconutcream #foodlabels
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Cultured celery powder is a natural source of nitrite, which is why uncured meat sticks carry a footnote. Here's how to read it.
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#shorts #beefsticks #foodlabels
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Jelly is made from juice, jam and preserves share one federal standard, marmalade has none, and fruit spread is the name for jars outside the rules. We read the labels: fruit-to-sugar ratios, added vs total sugar, pectin, high fructose corn syrup, dyes and the jars that score best (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 Jelly: Juice Only
1:24 Jam vs Preserves: Same Rule
2:25 Marmalade vs Jam
3:10 Fruit Spread: Outside the Standard
4:01 Reading the Sugar
4:43 Pectin, Lemon and Citric Acid
5:36 What Gets Flagged
6:23 How to Read a Jam Label
7:02 The Ranked Picks
8:03 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#jamvsjelly #preserves #foodlabels
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Shoyu is just Japanese for soy sauce, tamari uses little or no wheat, liquid aminos aren't brewed, and coconut aminos skip soy entirely. We read the labels: brewed vs hydrolyzed, the FDA's 140 mg low sodium rule, gluten-free claims and teriyaki, coconut aminos vs soy sauce, and the best soy sauce picks we've scored (as of October 2026).
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Bragg Liquid Aminos — 71/100
• Bragg Coconut Liquid Aminos — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 Five Bottles, Five Bases
1:33 Brewed or Not
2:41 Sodium and the Low Sodium Rule
4:09 Gluten, Tamari and Teriyaki
5:14 Coconut Aminos vs Soy Sauce
6:13 Color, Sugar and Preservatives
6:48 How to Read a Soy Sauce Label
7:24 The Best Soy Sauce Picks
8:26 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#soysauce #tamari #coconutaminos #foodlabels
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Mars released M&M's made without FD&C colors, but blue and brown are missing. Here's the swap you can buy today.
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#shorts #dyefree #mms
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Most canned black olives started out green: they're darkened with air and an iron salt called ferrous gluconate. We explain Castelvetrano, Kalamata, green and stuffed olives, black olives nutrition and sodium, and the cleanest jars we've scored (as of October 2026).
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• Kosterina Spicy Kalamata Olives — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 Green or Black?
1:24 How Black Olives Are Made
2:10 Castelvetrano Olives
3:03 Kalamata Olives
3:54 Green Olives
4:33 What the Brine Can Add
5:17 Stuffed Olives
6:04 Black Olives Nutrition and Sodium
6:51 How to Read an Olive Label
7:31 The Jars We've Scored
8:23 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#olives #castelvetrano #kalamata
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Cage-free, free-range, pasture-raised: only the seal next to the claim tells you the real numbers.
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#shorts #eggs #foodlabels
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Most shelf-stable pickles are vinegar pickles with no live cultures, while half-sours, raw sauerkraut and kimchi are fermented in salt brine. We read the labels: what kosher dill really means, whether pickles need to be refrigerated, the dyes, preservatives and sodium to watch, and the cleanest jars we've scored (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 Two Ways to Make a Pickle
1:50 Half-Sours, Full Sours and Kosher Dills
2:35 What Is Sauerkraut?
3:18 Raw or Pasteurized
4:00 Do Pickles Need to Be Refrigerated?
4:34 Dyes, Preservatives and Sweeteners
5:46 The Sodium Question
6:29 How to Read a Pickle Label
7:11 The Jars We've Scored
8:13 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#pickles #fermentedfoods #sauerkraut
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"Uncured" lunch meat is usually cured with celery powder. Here's how to read the fine print.
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#shorts #delimeat #foodlabels
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Equal, Splenda and Sweet'N Low are three different sweeteners. Here's which is which, plus the plant-based swap.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #aspartame #sweeteners
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There's no official mold-free label for coffee. We explain ochratoxin A, the EU limits the US doesn't have, what roasting really does, how to read testing claims from brands like Purity Coffee and Kion (as of October 2026), the questions to ask, and why your creamer label may matter more.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Forager Project Plain Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer — 71/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 Mold Versus Mycotoxins
1:35 What Ochratoxin A Is
2:19 The Rules on Each Side
3:15 What Roasting Does
3:45 Reading a Testing Claim
5:11 Organic and Specialty Grade
5:44 Questions to Ask a Brand
6:26 What the Label Can Tell You
7:07 The Creamer Matters Too
7:46 Storing Coffee at Home
8:06 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#coffee #moldfreecoffee #foodlabels
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Eight seed oils, plus the vegetable oil in your pantry. Here's the list and the label trick to watch for.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #seedoils #seedoilfree
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Grass-fed and organic describe the cows, not what else is in the scoop. We read real protein powder labels: sucralose vs stevia, gums, proprietary blends, what NSF-style seals cover, and what the 2025 lead headlines did and didn't say.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Naked Nutrition Naked Whey, Unflavored — 75/100
• Promix Whey Protein Powder, Unflavored — 75/100
• Once Again Pure Peanut Protein Powder — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Whey in One Minute
1:27 What Grass-Fed Means
2:06 What Organic Means
2:49 How Our Score Counts It
3:23 Sweeteners
4:12 Gums and Thickeners
4:44 Proprietary Blends
5:22 Testing and Heavy Metals
6:48 Real Labels
7:47 Your Label Checklist
8:22 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#proteinpowder #whey #foodlabels
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Potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, titanium dioxide and propylparaben are legal in US food but not in the EU. We check each one's real status as of October 2026 (BVO is now banned in the US too), skip the exaggeration, and show how to spot them on a label.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Original Sprouted Whole Grain Bread — 100/100
• Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Seeds — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 Why the Rules Differ
1:49 Potassium Bromate
2:39 Azodicarbonamide
3:35 Titanium Dioxide
4:36 B V O
5:14 Propylparaben
5:53 The Rules Flow Both Ways
6:29 How to Spot Them
7:11 Clean Picks
7:59 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#foodadditives #titaniumdioxide #foodlabels
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Red 40 hides under seven names. Here they are, plus the easy swap.
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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #red40 #foodlabels
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BHA, BHT, TBHQ and sodium benzoate keep food on the shelf for months. We explain what each one does, where they hide (cereal liners, bread, soda), what the research and the FDA's new reviews say as of October 2026, and how to spot them in ten seconds.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 Two Jobs, Two Teams
1:25 B H A and B H T
2:18 T B H Q
2:58 Sodium Benzoate and the Vitamin C Note
3:57 Bread's Preservative
4:46 What the Research Says
5:40 Where the Rules Stand
6:37 The Ten-Second Label Check
7:21 Labels Without Them
8:07 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#bht #preservatives #foodlabels
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Beef tallow is rendered beef fat: great for frying, with a smoke point around 400–420°F. But some tallow on the shelf is blended with soybean oil or preserved with BHA and BHT. We cover uses, storage, the saturated fat question, blends and sprays, grass-fed vs Wagyu, and real jars with their Clean Food Score label scores (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:41 What Tallow Is
1:24 How People Use It
1:59 Smoke Point and Storage
2:43 The Saturated Fat Question
3:39 Pure Tallow Versus Blends
4:22 Preservatives in Bulk Tallow
5:10 Sprays and Flavored Tallow
5:53 Grass-Fed, Grass-Finished and Wagyu
6:39 Real Jars, Real Scores
7:26 Comparing Price
8:04 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#beeftallow #tallow #foodlabels
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Rao's Marinara has eight ingredients and no sugar or seed oil, so why doesn't it score 100? We read pasta sauce labels line by line: added sugar, seed oils vs olive oil, citric acid, natural flavor, and the cleanest jars we've scored (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:47 Rao's, Line by Line
1:30 Added Sugar
2:32 Seed Oils Versus Olive Oil
3:31 Citric Acid and Calcium Chloride
4:13 Natural Flavor and Yeast Extract
5:04 How the Score Works
5:43 How to Read a Sauce Label
6:29 The Ranked Picks
7:25 Or Make Your Own
8:07 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#raos #pastasauce #foodlabels
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Kerrygold says its cows eat a mostly grass diet, but in the US grass-fed butter has no federal definition. We cover what real butter is made of, how spreads sneak in oils, the seals that set real grass-fed rules (American Grassfed, PCO), organic vs grass-fed, and real butters with their Clean Food Score label scores (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 What Real Butter Is
1:30 Butter, Blends and Spreads
2:14 What Grass-Fed Means for Dairy
2:56 Seals That Set Real Rules
3:48 Is Kerrygold Really Grass-Fed?
4:43 Organic Versus Grass-Fed
5:26 Does Grass-Fed Butter Taste Different?
6:12 How Our Score Treats Butter
6:46 Real Butters, Real Scores
7:36 A Ten-Second Butter Check
8:15 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#grassfedbutter #kerrygold #foodlabels
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Chick-fil-A cooks its chicken in fully refined peanut oil, but the classic chicken sandwich's ingredient statement lists soybean oil three times. We read the label, explain whether peanut oil counts as a seed oil, cover the fries (as of October 2026) and show how to check any fast food order yourself.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:38 Peanut Oil in the Fryer
1:25 Is Peanut Oil a Seed Oil?
2:15 Why People Avoid Seed Oils
2:51 Reading the Sandwich Label
3:25 The Bun and the Butter
3:54 How the Sandwich Scores
4:28 Fries and the Rest of the Menu
5:14 Other Chains
6:07 How to Check Any Chain
7:12 Seed-Oil-Free at Home
7:56 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoils #chickfila #foodlabels
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Most frozen chicken nuggets are par-fried in canola, soybean or sunflower oil before they're frozen. We show where the oil hides on the box, the difference between "fried in" and "contains", what brands like Real Good Foods say, what our catalog shows as of October 2026, and an easy air fryer method.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Why Nuggets List a Seed Oil
1:24 Where the Oil Hides
2:30 Fried In Versus Contains
3:19 Real Good Foods and No Seed Oil Brands
4:10 What Our Catalog Shows
4:57 The Fries on the Side
5:29 Fast Food Is Separate
5:55 Make Them at Home
7:00 Your Nugget Label Checklist
7:33 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoilfree #chickennuggets #foodlabels
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Yes, chips without seed oils exist. We flip real bags to find chips, crackers, popcorn and bars cooked in avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil or beef tallow, explain the "and/or" label trick, and give you a five-point checklist for the snack aisle.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:40 What Seed Oil Free Means
1:22 Why Chips Are the Hard Part
2:02 Oils That Pass
2:56 The And Or Trick
3:35 Chips That Pass
4:29 Check Every Flavor
5:16 Crackers Without Seed Oils
6:10 Popcorn and Snack Bars
6:52 Your Snack Aisle Checklist
7:40 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoilfree #noseedoils #foodlabels
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MSG is glutamate plus sodium, the same glutamate found in tomatoes and parmesan. We cover what the FDA and the research say, where the 'Chinese restaurant syndrome' myth came from and why the name is a problem, US labeling rules, MSG calories and types, and real products that list it or don't (as of October 2026).
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:42 What Glutamate Is
1:26 Glutamate Is Everywhere
2:19 M S G Calories and Types
3:07 Where the Scare Came From
4:15 What the Research Says
5:06 The Labeling Rules
5:49 Where M S G Shows Up
6:18 How to Spot It
6:59 Real Labels
7:54 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#msg #umami #foodlabels
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Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Ezekiel both skip calcium propionate, and both score 100 on our label check. But one uses cultured wheat flour and vinegar, the other lives in the freezer. We read both labels in full, plus sugar, sprouted grains, gluten-free loaves and a six-step bread label checklist.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:45 Why Bread Needs Help
1:32 Calcium Propionate
2:16 The Label-Friendly Version
3:02 Dough Conditioners
3:44 Dave's Killer Bread Twenty-One Whole Grains
4:26 Ezekiel and Sprouted Grains
5:18 Sugar in Bread
5:57 The Bread Shelf
6:59 Gluten-Free Loaves
7:41 How to Read a Bread Label
8:17 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#bread #foodlabels #cleaneating
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Corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup start the same way but aren't the same ingredient. We explain how each is made, HFCS 42 vs 55, corn syrup solids, the names used abroad (glucose-fructose syrup, isoglucose), what the evidence says about HFCS vs added sugar, and real label swaps (as of October 2026).
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:43 From Corn to Syrup
1:25 How H F C S Is Made
2:10 H F C S Forty-Two vs Fifty-Five
2:53 Corn Syrup Solids and Other Names
3:54 What the Evidence Says
5:27 Where It Hides
6:03 Reading the Label
6:44 Real Labels
7:22 Swaps
8:02 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#cornsyrup #hfcs #foodlabels
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We read the labels on 49 beef sticks, jerky and meat bars. Here's what encapsulated citric acid and cultured celery powder actually do, why "uncured" still means cured, where sugar and soy sauce hide in jerky, and which products score highest (as of October 2026).
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 What's in a Beef Stick
1:48 Encapsulated Acids
2:41 Celery Powder and Uncured
3:47 Sugar and Soy Sauce
4:43 The MSG Question
5:21 Grass-Fed Claims
6:08 The Bigger Picture
6:47 The Ten Second Label Check
7:25 The Ranked Picks
8:18 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#beefjerky #beefsticks #foodlabels
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"Dye free" means no synthetic colors like Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 or Green 3, not no color at all. We decode the label clues, check the new M&M's made without FD&C colors (as of October 2026), and show real dye-free candy, cereal and snack swaps with their Clean Food Score.
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0:00 The Short Answer
0:40 What Dye Free Means
1:28 Meet the Dye Family
2:19 Clues on the Label
3:08 Dye-Free Candy
4:06 M&M's Without Dye
5:02 Beyond the Candy Aisle
6:04 Natural Colors by Shade
6:53 Why People Go Dye Free
7:51 The Ten-Second Check
8:23 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#dyefree #fooddyes #foodlabels
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Cage-free and free-range have loose USDA definitions, and pasture-raised has none at all. We decode every carton word, the Certified Humane 108 sq ft rule, what organic adds, how to read omega-3 and feed claims, and real Vital Farms cartons with their Clean Food Score label scores (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:38 Three Words, Three Rules
1:18 Pasture-Raised Has No Rulebook
1:53 The Hundred and Eight Square Feet Rule
2:40 Organic Is a Separate Claim
3:18 Feed and Omega-Three Claims
4:17 Words That Mean Little
4:56 Grades Aren't Farming Claims
5:24 How Our Score Treats Pasture-Raised
6:08 Real Cartons, Real Scores
7:06 Finding Them Near You
7:40 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#pastureraisedeggs #eggs #foodlabels
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Most nitrate-free lunch meat is cured with celery powder, a natural source of the same nitrite. We explain what "uncured" legally means, what the WHO's cancer agency says about deli meats (as of October 2026), and a five-point label check for your next sandwich.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:39 Why Meat Gets Cured
1:23 The Celery Trick
2:05 Isn't Celery Healthy?
2:48 What Uncured Really Means
3:36 Reading a Real Label
4:16 Deli Meat and Cancer Risk
5:25 Look Past the Nitrates
6:10 The Five-Point Label Check
6:56 Sandwich Meat Without Curing
7:44 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#delimeat #nitrates #foodlabels
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Zero sugar doesn't tell you how a drink is sweetened. We decode the six FDA-approved sweeteners, the Equal, Splenda and Sweet'N Low packets, what IARC and JECFA actually said about aspartame in 2023, the WHO guideline on sweeteners and weight, and a 10-second label check (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:47 The Six Approved Sweeteners
1:32 The Packet Names
2:29 Aspartame Versus Sucralose
3:19 Stevia, Monk Fruit and Allulose
4:10 The Twenty Twenty-Three Headlines
5:26 Sweeteners and Weight
6:14 A Note on Sugar Alcohols
7:08 Reading a Sugar-Free Label
7:48 Real Labels
8:33 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#aspartame #sucralose #foodlabels
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There are eight common seed oils, and plain vegetable oil almost always counts too. We cover the full list, how seed oils are pressed, extracted and refined, what the evidence does and doesn't show, where they hide, the "and/or" label trick, kosher questions and simple swaps.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:42 What Makes a Seed Oil
1:26 The Full List
2:06 Is Vegetable Oil a Seed Oil?
2:38 How They're Made
3:35 What the Evidence Says
4:44 Where They Hide
5:30 Reading the Label
6:15 Are Seed Oils Kosher?
6:56 Swaps from the Catalog
7:42 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoils #seedoilfree #foodlabels
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Red 40 is the most-used food dye in America, and it hides under seven different names. We explain what it is, where it shows up, what the research and the new rules say (as of October 2026), and how to swap it out in a ten-second label check.
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:39 What Red 40 Actually Is
1:28 Seven Names on a Label
2:27 Where It Hides
3:13 What the Research Says
4:16 The Rules Are Changing
5:14 Red 40 Versus Red 3
5:46 Natural Reds
6:24 How to Avoid It
7:09 Dye-Free Swaps
7:55 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#red40 #fooddyes #foodlabels