‘Fairy dusting’ is a marketing technique where small amounts of ingredients with approved health claims, such as vitamins, are added to a product so brands can promote health benefits on the packaging.
“As a practice it’s been happening for ages but has only recently been given the name ‘fairy-dusting,’” Shefalee Loth, nutritionist at products and services reviewer Which?, tells Food Formulator.
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