Bai 2 :
As a food label is often nothing more than an advert to tempt you to buy the product, you should pay particular attention to the choice of words used.
_ Always watch out for the word 'flavour', as this may mean that the product contains synthetic (1) ingredients (n- thành phần, phần hợp thành). Chocolate-flavour topping, for example, will not contain chocolate, even though chocolate-flavour topping will contain a small percentage - so read carfully.
_ Many manufactures also use a range of meaningless (adj- vô nghĩa) descriptions. Feel-good words, such as 'wholesome' , 'farmhouse', 'original' and 'traditional' do not mean anything. Other words such as 'farm fresh' and 'country fresh' also intentionally blur the true nature of a product's source. 'Fresh egg pasta', for example, means that the pasta was indeed made with real and not powdered eggs, but maybe months ago.
_ Words that you can trust are 'organic', 'wholemeal' , 'natural mineral water', 'Fari Trade' , 'free-range'  and the 'V' vegetarian symbol.
_ Consumer presure over GM  foods has led to better labelling but loopholes  still exist. GM product derivatives , such as starches, sugars, fats and oils where no genetically modified protein or DNA material still remains, still go unlabelled in many products such as ceral bars, fish fingers, jellies adn vegetable burgers.
_ Take particular care over low-fat and low-sugar products. Guidelines state tha 'low-fat' foods must not have more than 5 per cent fat, while 'reduced fat' means that the total fat content is 25 per cent less than the standard versions of the same product.