On September 29th, 2022 the FDA proposed updating their definition of “healthy” food as part of their dietary guidelines, revising the criteria food manufacturers need to meet in order to ...

On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a joint Request for ...

Industry associations and organizations laud a joint effort by FDA, HHS and USDA to develop a clear, uniform definition of ...

A formal definition could shape future regulation, including what can be eligible for school lunches or food assistance ...

Packaged foods in the U.S. will have to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generated significant buzz this month after announcing its plans to update its definition of what foods are allowed to be labeled as "healthy" on food ...

The FDA’s definition of healthy food also “promotes the creation of foods rather than using whole foods,” Keatley says, “since these whole foods are likely missing one or more of the ...

On September 28, 2022, the FDA announced their plan to change the label’s existing definition, which was established in 1994 and “has limits for total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generated significant buzz this month after announcing its plans to update its definition of what foods are allowed to be labeled as “healthy” on ...

The FDA also offered an example for a cereal that would meet the new "healthy" definition: It would "need to contain ¾ ounces of whole grains and contain no more than 1 gram of saturated fat, 230 ...