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Food Label Faux Pas: How Could I Be Duped By Almond Butter With Hidden Sugars?

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on May 13th, 2008

Unbelieveable! Yours truly didn't follow her own advice! Oops! Picture me, so in the mood for a nice snack -- a crunch, organic red apple covered with scrumptious unsweetened almond butter. And so I filled a tablespoon with my newly purchased "All Natural" almond butter. Yum -- I love the stuff. (Unfortunately, though, I couldn't find organic at the store near me.) Happily, I took a big bite. Yuck! It just didn't taste right! In fact, it had this sort of way-too-sweet taste. Darn, I was disappointed. But what could be wrong, I wondered? It was then that I did...