Thanks...nervous. I look at things from a safety point of view.

Labeling in this country has always been contentious...It took YEARS to get trans fats labeled on food. All the while they were harming people. The food industry has very powerful clout to get what they want.

I think we should all know what we are consuming, and how much of the active ingredients are in items we choose.

I know when I contact manufacturers I've been told, "we don't have access to that information, because we purchased the "product" from someone else". Case in point, are magnesium mixtures that have Magnesium oxide, magnesium malate and magnesium chelate listed as a group. I have never been able to find out how much magnesium oxide is in there! They will give final elemental based on the chemistry, but in this case the OXIDE we now know is useless and if it is the majority which it usually is because of cost factors and tablet size factors, then the consumer is not getting what they think they are getting.

Another recent case I had the misfortune of having was with Hershey's. I bought the cherry cordial kisses to take on vacation for a "dessert" treat. Being on the island with small refrigeration capacity and difficult store access, we eat simple things. Well Hershey's changed the formula and added SORBITOL to them to keep them "liquid" longer on the shelf. The previous bag I had more than a year ago did NOT have sorbitol in it, and I didn't read the ingredients of the new one because I had not idea the formula had changed!

I had 5 of them one night and was sick in the outhouse in a thunderstorm to boot as a result. Sorbitol is a laxative!
I called them up and wanted to know how much in each kiss...and was told they didn't have to label this with quantity unless it was more than 50milligrams. (the FDA rule).
I really gave them "what for" as this agent is sickening for some people. As a consolation they sent me $9.00 in coupons for any Hershey product.

But labeling of products both vitamin/supplements and foods remains iffy even with the new disclosures of allergenic contents.