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10 of the most faked foods in the world

10 of the most faked foods in the world

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I tried to hit my daily protein target while avoiding ultra-processed foods like protein powder and bars. I learned 4 lessons.

Protein powders, yogurts, and bars make hitting our protein targets easy, but can contain UPFs. Her…

Rachel Hosie   


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11 of the most faked foods in the world

Even as there are perfectly legal ways to do this, there is also a global fraudulent food industry …

Dominick Reuter   


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Is your food safe to eat? Why your wasabi, vanilla, and honey could be fake

Hate to break it to you, but your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well…

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A food policy expert is trying a different diet every month this year. Here's why the vegan and Mediterranean diets are his favorites so far.

Gavin Wren has tried a different diet each month in 2024. Veganism and the Mediterranean diet were …

Serafina Kenny   


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Bill Gates is optimistic about the future of fake meat and plant-based foods

"I think eventually these products will be very good even though their share is small today," Gates…

Jordan Hart   


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Mukbang star babydumplingg keeps getting accused of faking how much food she eats. She doesn't care.

Babydumplingg, real name Tram Tran, has 1.8 million followers thanks to her videos where she eats p…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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A random Chinese company selling food-grade glycine is Gen Z's newest TikTok obsession

Donghua Jinlong, a Chinese company that manufactures glycine, is becoming a meme among Gen Z on Tik…

Hannah Getahun   


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Ultra-processed plant-based food has been linked to heart disease and early death — but a simple swap could boost your health

Plant-based ultra-processed foods increased the risk of heart disease in a new study, while whole f…

Kim Schewitz   


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Plants like lettuce could become very unhealthy if grown and eaten by astronauts in space, researchers find

Plants like lettuce, important for a balanced astronaut diet, become surprisingly hospitable to the…

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A TikToker who enraged people with videos of her rejecting food and being kicked out of restaurants admitted they're all fake

Winta Zesu has perfected the art of making content that enrages people — sending food back for mino…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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Expect to see retailers selling more 'green' meatballs instead of fake meat, the founders of one of the world's biggest vegan recipe channels say

Plant-based meat manufacturers are streamlining their ingredient lists and tofu and tempeh are beco…

Grace Dean   


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A former German chancellor slammed Volkswagen for replacing an iconic German bratwurst dish at its cafeteria with a vegetarian version

When VW headquarters removed currywurst, a popular fast-food dish, from its cafeteria menu, an ex-G…

Heather Schlitz   


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I'm a vegan who spent a week cooking with fake meat and fish. Here's what I made with 7 plant-based alternatives and how I rated them.

Plant-based alternatives have come a long way since I went vegan two-and-a-half years ago. For deca…

Tasmin Lockwood   


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What's the difference between Parmigiano Reggiano and parmesan? Why most "parmesan" cheese in the US is fake

Parmigiano Reggiano is an Italian cheese regulated with strict laws. Parmesan, dubbed the US versio…

Kristin Montemarano   


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These are the places where you can buy plant-based fish, from Whole Foods to Long John Silver's

Some companies are experimenting with adding vegan fish to their menus, a new entry into the plant-…

Heather Schlitz   


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Mafia killer arrested after living a double life as a pizza chef, even boasting in public about his food under a fake name

Edgardo Greco, who was a part of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, had been working at Ita…

Joshua Zitser   


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I worked at Louis Vuitton. We spotted fake bags all the time here's what we did when customers tried to return them.

Shelley Alvarado says people would come into the Louis Vuitton store and try to return counterfeit …

Robin Madell