{"id":99,"date":"2017-03-15T11:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trircoffee.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2017-11-19T21:07:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T21:07:12","slug":"better-health-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trircoffee.com\/blog\/better-health-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools for Better Health in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What are the ingredients in your favorite vending machine<\/a> snack or beverage? Do you know? If you do, you belong to a growing group of consumers who not only know which ingredients are in their food but also know the number of ingredients. According to Andrew Mandyz, Director of Strategic Insights at Nielsen, \u201cThere’s a shift in how people are thinking about ‘better for you.\u2019 People are looking for back-to-basics, simpler ingredients.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredient Labels<\/b><\/h4>\n

Seeing the recipe for your snack or beverage<\/a> would be the best way to learn about what is in it, and how much of each thing was used. But since that is rarely an option, there is another way for San Diego consumers to learn about what is in their food and drink\u2014by reading ingredient labels. Ingredients are listed in a very specific order. The largest ingredient is listed first, followed by each ingredient until the smallest ingredient. For example, a ready-to-drink cold tea that lists the ingredients tea (water, tea), sugar, and lemon is letting the consumer know that there is more tea than sugar, and more sugar than lemon in the beverage. Nielsen found that \u201cabout 61 percent [of consumers] said that the shorter the ingredients’ list, the healthier the product.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Online Resources<\/b><\/h4>\n

In addition to reading ingredient labels, consumers are researching health information online. Mandzy found that the number of consumers who went online for information went from 48% in 2014 up to 68% in 2016, a 20% increase. With the large amount of health information available online, and more San Diego consumers using the internet, it is important to know how to determine if a website contains reliable information. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center offers some tips:<\/span><\/p>\n