Artificial colors, sweeteners, preservatives seen as worse than fat, sugar…
Meanwhile, a poll of 4,200+ consumers conducted in April 2015 by CivicScience showed Americans believe that ‘preservatives / chemicals’ are more harmful to their health than saturated fat, sugar, and sodium…
Respondents were asked: ‘Which of these do you feel is most harmful to your nutritional health? [only one option was allowed].”
- Preservatives / chemicals: 35%
- Saturated fats: 15%
- Total amount of sugar: 13%
- I don’t see any of these as harmful to my health: 9%
- Sodium: 9%
- Added sugar: 8%
- GMOs: 7%
- Carbs: 4%