New Bill Calls on FTC to Take Action on Photoshopped Images

Advocates worried unrealistic body images taking toll on teens.

Eclipse Gum, Orbit Gum, and Lifesavers Hard Candies

What Extra Ingredients are in Your Natural Stevia Product?

Ingredient labels can have surprises.

FTC Slaps Sensa for Making Deceptive Weight-Loss Claims

Sprinkle, eat and lose weight is just unproven, says FTC.

Say What?

The best (as in, most absurd or fascinating) ad quotes of 2013.

TINA.org’s Year In Review 2013

What we did this year on TINA.org.

Maxam Nutraceutics

Maxam Nutraceutics, a dietary-supplement maker, advertised its PCA dietary supplement on TV and on the web as “the only product ever specifically developed to naturally help your body safely and…

MoneyCode411.com

This should be a familiar advertisement at this point:   This is a radio ad for MoneyCode411.com, also known as The Biblical Money Code, as pitched by Newsmax. We’ve done…

DealDash

Walden Farms Calorie Free Whipped Peanut Spreads

Walden Farms advertised that consumers could “save 330 calories a day, 10,000 calories a month, lose 34 pounds a year” by eating its calorie free whipped peanut spreads instead of…

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Business school dean cautions students and other deans.

Ad Board Tells NourishLife to Stop Deceptive Claims

NAD rules child-supplement maker must make changes to its marketing.

Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie

Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously.

Five Questionable Pot Ads

First comes the legalization, then comes the questionable ad claims.

Greens and Whole Foods Supplements

ConsumerLab.com has published results of its quality tests of greens and whole foods powders and pills. Supplements marketed with these terms typically contain chlorophyll-containing leaves, sprouts, algae, vegetables and fruits, herbs,…

Long John Silver’s Big Catch

There be false advertisin’ abound.

The Skinny on Garcinia Cambogia

Garcinia Cambogia extract may not be such a great deal for weight loss.

Got Chocolate Milk? Industry Wants to Change Definition

Diary industry petitions FDA over sweeteners.

Splenda Essentials

Where’s the Fruit?

It is not entirely unreasonable to expect “Blueberry Pomegranate” cereal to contain blueberries and pomegranate, fruits high in antioxidants that are all the rage now.  But don’t tell that to…