Curious Shopper columns on shrinking sizes and substitutes
Readers gripe about smaller product sizes without price cuts, from coffee to toilet paper and lighters. Advice suggests pasta fat substitutes using yogurt and ricotta, plus Tupperware confirms some microwave safe options and salad spinners.
Get Your Kids to Eat the Right Foods
Nancy Byal outlines practical steps for shaping children’s eating habits. Emphasize family meals, cooking together, and a calm dining atmosphere while limiting distractions and introducing new foods gradually with small portions.
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Food Dyes, Reactions, and Dole Pine Passion Banana Juice
FDA official notes past efforts to require labeling of FD C Yellow 6 amid rare allergies. The piece discusses childhood hyperactivity links and the shift away from dye concerns, with Dole defending natural colorants like cochineal extract in Pine Passion Banana juice due to taste and appearance.
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