Across
- 2. The total cost of all raw ingredients needed to make a full recipe
- 6. An artificial sweetener that can alter brain chemistry and trigger sweet cravings
- 11. Store expenses like employee wages, rent, electricity, and packaging
- 12. Companies often add extra sugar to products with this label to replace lost flavor
- 13. This label claim can mean lighter in color or taste, not lower in calories or fat
- 14. The final menu price a customer pays for a product at a store or smoothie shop
Down
- 1. The amount added to the ingredient cost to cover store overhead and earn a profit
- 3. Root powder from this vegetable is used as a sneaky alternative source of nitrates
- 4. A plant bean used to hide extra caffeine inside a drinks proprietary blend
- 5. Dr. Mikes top tip to avoid label tricks is to check this portion size first
- 7. This word must be the very first ingredient listed for a product to be true whole grain
- 8. Orange juice with zero added sugar is still high in sugar from this natural source
- 9. The FDA has no formal definition for this claim so foods can still contain chemicals
- 10. The money a business keeps after paying for all ingredients and expenses