When one sees the word "natural" on their supermarket bought food, or "all-natural flavoring" on that can of soda in their hands, they tend to think that it's alright to eat it, or drink it, since it has the world "natural" in it.
But what is natural? Is it when the ingredients truly come from the real source of that "all-natural orange fruit" on that juice box?
Well, there is no enclosed definition of natural when it comes to food making, it is a vague term that companies are taking advantage off, and the people are buying it.
The Food and Drug Administration have denied defining what natural means in products sold on supermarket, and this has been running for a long time.
So, it was a miracle for them to post a notice asking the general public of what there definition of "natural" is.
This post came after the FDA received three Citizen Petitions asking them to define the term "natural" for use in food labeling and one Citizen Petition that's asking them to remove "natural" on food labels.
There could be a whole lot of definition that can clearly put a nail on what natural means, but what is the message that the FDA wants to send to the people? Will there be a new rule of what is considered natural in the food industry?
It seems that the FDA could end up with reverse-engineering an official definition from what they can gather from the publics answer and this might change the whole food industry.
But for now, natural is whatever the heck the companies want it to be, or what the consumer wants it to be.
There is no fine line between real and natural products to processed one, especially when the companies are making so much profit out from their "all-natural" products.
