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Food FYI: 1 in 10 food industry workers earns livable wage

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 

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HARD FOR THE MONEY

A study says just more than 1 in 10 food industry employees in production, processing, distribution, retail and service earn a livable wage. And the vast majority don’t get basic benefits and don’t have many advancement opportunities. [Los Angeles Times]

BUT THERE’S HOPE

An organization called the Restaurant Opportunities Center is trying to improve conditions for L.A.’s restaurant workers, including fighting for better pay and health care. [KCRW]

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GUMMY BEAR TASTE TEST

A blind taste test shows there are big differences between German and American Haribo gummy bears, but is one better than the other? [Serious Eats]

SALT RECONSIDERED

The evidence to support the eat-less-salt argument is flimsy. Why have we always been told salt is so bad far us? [New York Times]

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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