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Sometimes a label's ingredient list can help you see through the deceptive de·cep·tive  
adj.
Deceptive or tending to deceive.



de·ceptive·ness n.
 tricks on the front of a food package. And for someone who's allergic al·ler·gic
adj.
1. Of, caused, or characterized by an allergy.

2. Having an allergy or exhibiting an allergic reaction to a substance.



allergic

pertaining to or caused by allergy.
 to nuts, the ingredient list can mean the difference between lire and death. So why in tarnation tar·na·tion   New England & Southern U.S.
n.
The act of damning or the condition of being damned.

interj.
Used to express anger or annoyance.



[tarn(al) + (damn)ation.
 do some manufacturers make them so hard to read? Good luck reading the ingredient lists shown here--all full-size.

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Title Annotation:hard-to-read food labels
Author:LIEBMAN, BONNIE
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2001
Words:62
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