Foods That Aren’t What You Think
Fooled by Your Food?
Fake Olive Oil
Maple Syrup vs. Pancake Syrup
Wasabi or Not Wasabi
Lobster vs. Langostino
The Trouble With Tilefish
Drugs in Your Honey
Not-So-Natural Flavorings
The Icky Side of Spices
White Chocolate
Fruit Juice
Vanilla Flavoring vs. Extract
Orange Juice
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Consumer Reports: "5 Things You Need to Know About Maple Syrup."
Chemical and Engineering News: "Wasabi."
Washington State University Extension: "Growing Wasabi in the Pacific Northwest."
Huffington Post: "That 'Lobster' You Ordered Might Not Be Lobster At All."
SeafoodSource: "Seafood FAQ: Langostino vs. Lobster: What's the difference?"
Oceana: “Oceana Study Reveals Seafood Fraud Nationwide.”
Washington State Department of Health: “Healthy Fish Guide.”
Environmental Science and Pollution Research International: "Towards a better understanding of the therapeutic applications and corresponding mechanisms of action of honey."
Scientific World Journal: "Antibiotic, Pesticide, and Microbial Contaminants of Honey: Human Health Hazards.”
FDA: "FDA Seafood List Updates for 2017," "FDA Removes 7 Synthetic Flavoring Substances from Food Additives List,” “Food Defect Levels Handbook.”
Science Direct: "Chocolate Liquor."
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Michigan State University: "Is your fruit juice really 100 percent fruit juice?"
Mentalfloss: "What Does '100% Juice' Mean?"
Virtual Mass Spectrometry Laboratory: "Food Counterfeiting: Vanilla Case Study."
Harvard University Science in the News: "The Flavor Rundown: Natural vs. Artificial Flavors."
WNYC: "Last Chance Foods: The Secret, Highly Processed Life of Orange Juice."
American Nutrition Association Nutrition Digest: "'Fresh' Squeezed? The truth about orange juice in boxes."