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WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The Liquid Candy Tax Calculator shows policymakers and the public how much the government could raise by taxing sugary drinks, a U.S. advocacy groups said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The average sodium content of 528 U.S. packaged and restaurant foods increased by less than 1 percent from 2005 to 2008, non-profit officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- British consumers can buy General Mills, Kraft and McDonald's products free of synthetic food dyes, but U.S. consumers cannot, a non-profit group laments.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. non-profit health advocacy group has asked the federal government to require firms to list the caffeine content on their caffeinated energy drinks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A non-profit food advocacy group says it wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require additional tests for a new beverage sweetener.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The Thin Mint Cookie Blizzard at Dairy Queen provides a blizzard of calories, officials of a U.S. non-profit group said.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., July 21 (UPI) -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest said Sara Lee, an Illinois consumer foods company, will adjust labels regarding its "Whole Grain White Bread."
WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Officials of non-profit group said it petitioned the U.S. government to ban food dyes Yellow 5, Red 40 and six other widely used artificial colorings.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. food watchdog group says excessive salt consumption may be killing more than 100,000 people each year.
NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are adding vitamins to carbonated beverages in an effort to appeal to health-conscious consumers.
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