Stop! Don't tell me Log Cabin syrup isn't natural!
Vermont is worried consumers will confuse Log Cabin natural syrup with its maple syrup.
The ingredients of a jug of Log Cabin syrup is seen in Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 9. Vermont officials are taking issue with a new Log Cabin "All Natural Syrup" containing ingredients that may not be. It wants the US Food and Drug Administration to investigate whether the company is violating FDA labeling laws.
Toby Talbot/AP
Seems the good state of Vermont with 100% maple syrup.
鈥淭丑别 FDA said it does not have a definition for 鈥榥atural.鈥欌��
At issue is the 鈥渘atural鈥� claim. Reminds me of an exchange I heard during a session of my local zoning appeals board. The board members demanded that the developer before the board use natural exteriors as defined in the code. In particular, the board members did not want the developer to use composite wood. They suggested stucco as a 鈥渘atural鈥� alternative. The developer stood his ground and calmly noted, 鈥淪tucco is no more natural than composite wood.鈥�
We do not need a federal definition of natural. We can all read the ingredients listed on the label and decide for ourselves what satisfies our subjective definitions of natural.
While Log Cabin All Natural Syrup is made from 鈥渘atural鈥� ingredients, it is not 100% maple syrup 鈥� it鈥檚 not made in a log cabin either.
And we do not need the state to tell us the obvious.
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