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Product Dilution: Cheerios Decreases Vitamin Content 26 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
In a move rarely ever done, General Mills actually reduced the quantity and number of vitamins (and therefore the nutritional value) of one of its cereals — MultiGrain Cheerios. *MOUSE PRINT: The nu...
Smart Balance Butter Blend Helps Block Cholesterol? 19 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm
Many consumers switched from butter to margarine decades ago to help reduce their intake of cholesterol. Now Smart Balance has come out with a combination product that blends butter with canola oil, i...
Questioning Carbonite’s “Unlimited” Backup Service Claims 12 Aug 2013 | 02:28 pm
Over the years, cell, long distance, and cable companies have advertised “unlimited” services, but a close reading of the fine print almost always reveals that the services are not truly unlimited. L...
The Little Secret Inside that Big Pill Bottle 5 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
A couple of years ago, MrConsumer’s doctor recommended that he take 1000 iu of vitamin D a day. Recently he switched from tablets to softgels, and got quite a surprise when he opened the bottle. Here...
“Does Not Contain High Fructose Corn Syrup” 29 Jul 2013 | 02:16 pm
High fructose corn syrup is a dirty word to many shoppers. They have heard that the body doesn’t digest and absorb the fructose in this cheap sugar substitute the way ordinary sugar is metabolized. Th...
Readers Spot the “Gotchas” in the Fine Print (Part 1) 22 Jul 2013 | 02:16 pm
Mouse Print* readers have been busy scouring the fine print of ads and product labels, and have come up with some doozies. (Here’s how to submit your finds.) Example 1 Cathy S. found these sheets at...
Twinkies Upsized, Downsized, Upsized 15 Jul 2013 | 02:06 pm
Lost in the hoopla of Hostess reintroducing Twinkies starting July 15 is how the size of that sweet treat has changed over time. Here is a short but incomplete photographic history of Twinkies over t...
Choosy Mothers May Stop Choosing Jif 8 Jul 2013 | 02:21 pm
Jif peanut butter, the favorite of “choosy mothers,” may have to change their slogan to “annoyed mothers” if those women read the product’s new label and catch the inconspicuous change. Five years ag...
Getting a Bum Steer on Bonded Leather 1 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
MrConsumer, who prides himself on being a savvy shopper, belatedly learned an expensive lesson about buying leather furniture. Slaving over a hot keyboard too many hours a day producing those two fin...
Free Comcast WiFi Piggybacking on YOUR Router 24 Jun 2013 | 02:44 pm
Comcast is making a generous offer until July 4th: use their WiFi network free: Comcast promises that you can access over 100,000 hotspots just by looking for the XfinityWiFi or CableWiFi network nam...
