Get Healthy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires nutrition labels on most packaged food items, and gaining a basic ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could soon assist American consumers in reaching better health. A recent proposal from ...

Stock image of a person reading the nutrition label ... The proposed FOP (front-of-package) nutrition label simplifies nutrient information by rating saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars ...

For the last 14 years I’ve been a Registered Dietitian, and have been taught that to be an informed consumer you must learn how to read a nutrition facts label and decipher the label’s meaning. Every ...

The information would likely be displayed similar to existing nutrition labels, and include the amount of alcohol content, calories, carbohydrates, fat, and protein per serving. Sugar content ...

Readers had a lot to say about my latest column on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed front-of-package labels. Most ...

Nutrition Facts labels prompt a small reduction in calories from foods people select Average calorie reduction was just under 2%, or about 11 calories in a 600-calorie meal This reduction ...

here’s a quick guide to navigating the supermarket and reading Japanese food nutrition labels and ingredients. Most Japanese supermarkets are not difficult to navigate as they are more or less the ...

The proposed label, also called the nutrition info box, would break down information about sodium, added sugar and saturated fat content by saying whether the food contains “Low,” “Med” or ...

The new label would accompany the agency’s Nutrition Facts label, which details the amount of nutrients in each serving of packaged foods or drinks and typically appears on the back or sides of ...

The U.S. Nutrition Facts label first appeared in 1994 and has been revised and updated a couple of times since. The last update in 2020 included a new line for added sugars, to inform people of ...