HEALTHY VENDING! IT'S COMING! No, Not Really...It's Not!

Behold! "Human" Vending Machines! You know, as in Helping Unite Man and Nutrition! Well, at least the vending guys are getting better! Heck, I remember some vending guy named "LANCE" catering my wedding! I guess what comes out of those things tastes better if it falls a couple of feet! LOL! I wonder what's in these things? Hmm, Let's take a "Looksee!" 


*Vitamin Water: Sugar water with tacked-on vitamins. A 20-ounce bottle contains 8 teaspons of added sugar. The sugar-free varieties contain Reb-A, a Stevia extract that is 300 times times sweeter than sugar (I consider ‘sweeter-than-sugar’ extracts to be problematic, whether they are “natural” or artificial).
*NutriGrain Bars: One of Kellogg’s most healthwashed products. Fake dyes in the fruit filling (which contains more high fructose corn syrup than fruit puree), genetically modified ingredients, and partially hydrogenated oils in the yogurt-filled variety.
*Pop Chips: “Fitness” and “health” magazines practically trip over themselves to speak wonders of these chips (usually with meaningless qualifiers like “guilt-free” and “Hollywood-favorite”). Sure, they are a better choice than Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, but they are nevertheless a highly processed potato product with very little nutrition. Consider them Baked Lay’s 2.0.
*Late July Cookies: While these sandwich cookies are made from organic ingredients and avoid the Big Food usual suspects (trans fats, artificial dyes, artificial preservatives), there isn’t anything truly nutritious about them.

Remember, H.U.M.A.N Vending’s motto isn’t “to provide processed foods that are less-worse-for-you”, but rather to “increase access to healthy and fresh vending snacks, foods, and drinks”. Do any of the examples listed above make you think ‘healthy’ or ‘fresh’?

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