I recently picked up a can of Hunt's tomato sauce at the grocery store because the label said "100 percent natural." As a food allergy sufferer, I am looking for products that contain 100 percent of a particular food without additives.
I've learned to scrutinize labels carefully because of my allergy and candida issues. Imagine my surprise when I read the ingredients: tomato puree, water, citric acid and natural flavoring (a catch-all phrase for who knows what). The lesson here is the term "natural" is pretty much meaningless. You still need to read labels if you have food allergies.
Read more in the latest article on the Allergies and Colds page at
http://bellaonline.com/site/allergiesandcolds 
