Filed under: Company News When it comes to comfort foods, chocolate milk ranks right up there with pizza and mac n’ cheese. But a campaign to market the sweetened milk as a healthy choice for kids is leaving parent groups anything but comforted. As we know, sugar may be a huge contributor to our obesity crisis and other chronic diseases. The American Heart Association in fact recently recommended children limit their intake of sugar to 16 grams a day. The association might, then, be surprised that pediatricians, dieticians, celebrities and a whole social media campaign are fighting the good fight for chocolate milk, calling it a healthy choice for kids. How much added sugar, you ask, does eight ounces of chocolate milk contain? Four teaspoons, 16 grams, making one serving the maximum a child should consume every day. Continue reading Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’ Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Technology , Economy , Investing In a recent letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, several large food producers warned that unless the U.S. increases its quota of tariff-free sugar imports, it may, “run out of sugar” in the next year. This, in turn, would lead to layoffs, skyrocketing prices, and a serious shift in trade. Part of the problem lies in a worldwide sugar run as Brazil diverts part of its sugar crop into ethanol production and monsoons have wiped out much of India’s sugar crop. All told, the Department of Agriculture expects sugar supplies to drop by 43 percent over the next year. Continue reading Sugar shock: Will the ‘Domino’ effect drive up food prices? Sugar shock: Will the ‘Domino’ effect drive up food prices? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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