News - Country Crock
QUINCY, Mass., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a recall by Unilever The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company removed from sale Shedd's Country Crock ® Side Dishes DELUXE Cheddar Broccoli Rice and Shedd's Country Crock ® Side Dishes DELUXE Four Cheese Pasta due to an undeclared sulfite allergen.
Unilever intends to remove all artificial trans fats from all its soft-spread margarine brands, the Dutch consumer giant said Monday. The move, affecting well-known brands such as I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Shedd's Spread Country Crock, will begin next month and end by 2010's second quarter, the company said. The change signals how serious the marketing and technology battle about trans fats in foods has become, said USA Today, which first reported Unilever's plans. Shoppers increasingly demand that foods they buy -- from baked goods to snacks to margarine -- no longer carry artery-clogging trans fats that can lead to heart disease by raising bad cholesterol levels and lowering good cholesterol levels. I call this the death knell for trans fats, New York University nutrition Professor Marion Nestle told the newspaper. Michael Jacobson, director of advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, which pushed for trans fat abolition, told the newspaper the elimination
Shedd's Spread Country Crock(R) Calcium Plus Vitamin D Helps Kids and Adults Get More of these Vital Nutrients ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite general knowledge of the importance of calcium in our diets, nine out of ten girls and three out of four boys don't get enough of this important nutrient.(1) In addition, a recent study indicates that there has been a decline in Vitamin D levels among Americans, children and adults over the past 10 years.(2) Shedd's Spread Country Crock(R) Calcium Plus Vitamin D can help make it easier for parents to ensure their families get these important nutrients in their diet.
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shedd's Country Crock(R) announced today the start of an entirely different news network - one that tells positive stories to balance the bad news we hear everyday.