{"id":2689,"date":"2008-10-11T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/soupy-sales.html"},"modified":"2016-08-12T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:40:37","slug":"soupy-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2689","title":{"rendered":"Soupy Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s great to finally see some GOOD news for our culture of health for a change. This recent article reflects the fact that consumer demand is pushing the supply. In other words, if WE purchase healthy foods, food manufacturers will have to comply.<\/p>\n

We are probably most familiar with the organic food phenomenon, which was driven by consumer revulsion over synthetics in their foods.<\/p>\n

But latest example is from 2 food companies that are falling all over themselves to show us how healthy they are. Progresso and Campells Soup are competing over who has the least MSG in their soups.<\/p>\n

I love this:<\/em><\/strong> Campbells launched an ad targeting its Progresso rival in the New York Times, showing a can of Progresso with the caption “Made With MSG”.<\/p>\n

Read the whole article here.<\/a><\/p>\n

It ran alongside an image of Campbell’s Select Harvest soup with caption “Made With TLC”, or “tender love and care”. Soon, MSG will be out of canned soups, just as Coca-Cola and Pepsi are competing for rights to use Stevia — to finally get Aspartame out of diet drinks.<\/p>\n

None of these companies would have done this if it weren’t for ordinary people, making smart choices. Demand drives supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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