When you hear the term "whole" you might think it means healthy. Unfortunately, many times that word is used for not so healthy foods and ingredients. Don't rely just on the term whole to decide if a food is healthy.
2. Don’t be fooled by the term
“whole” food
Real terms
Whole grains
Whole wheat
Whole protein
Terms that don’t mean much
Wholesome
Made with whole…
Whole milk
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3. What does this mean?
Whole grains
Whole fruit
Whole milk
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4. 100% Whole Grains (including wheat)
All parts of the grain
are used
The bran
The germ
The endosperm
May be wheat
Or rye
Or spelt
Or millet
Or corn
Etc.
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5. Made with Whole Grains
Whole grain could
be the main
ingredient
It could be ONE of
the main ingredients
It could be a minor
ingredients
It could be a
miniscule ingredient
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6. Whole Fruit
The whole fruit was
used as opposed
to
Using just the juice
Concentrated
Fruit extract
But…
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7. Whole fruit may also include…
Micron filtered water, corn syrup solids,
raspberry puree, sugar, raspberry kiwi juice
concentrate, natural flavor, elderberry juice
concentrate, pectin (a snack with whole fruit right in the name)
A “whole” lotta sugar…
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10. “whole” milk
Most likely
Homogenized
Pasteurized
Processed the
same as skim, 1%
and 2%
Raw milk is
“whole”-y
unprocessed
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11. When choosing food, look at the
whole picture, not just the term
“whole.”
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