There is a scam American companies are using to manipulate what ingredient gets listed as the first main ingredient on products Take Smuckers, strawberries is the first ingredient. So you would think strawberries is the main primary ingredient, but that’s not true American companies are using a food formulation technique known as ‘ingredient splitting’ For Smuckers, they divide the sweeteners up into 3 different ingredients. That way, each of them weigh less This allows the word strawberries to be listed on the label as the first ingredient, giving the impression that it's mostly strawberries. In reality, it's mostly sugar. This is a scam. It’s outright manipulation of our system and lying to customers Ingredients splitting is a real labeling tactic, and it is legal. It’s allowed by the FDA I included 10 more popular American foods where this same “ingredients slitting” scam tactic is being used at the end of the video