For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

You walk down the aisle of the supermarket, hurrying to pick up groceries on the way home from work or with a child in tow. You’re faced with shelf after shelf with dozens of items, many claiming to ...

A 16-year study on the effects of front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels on food products suggests a correlation between the optional labels and the quality of nutrition within those foods, along ...

Even in supermarkets with the most kaleidoscopic array of items — dozens of cereals, a wall of jams in glass jars, a parade of soup cans — there’s relatively little variation in how those foods are ...

With rising rates of obesity in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods, it’s clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices.

RALEIGH, NC. — The adoption of nutritional data on front of package (FOP) labels influences the nutritional content of those foods and their competitors, according to a new study from North Carolina ...

A potential FDA proposal would label Goldfish “medium” in saturated fat and sodium. (The placement and size of any U.S. label has yet to be determined.) The same product would bear stop-sign-shaped ...

Jan. 14 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes "front-of-package" labeling will better improve the American population's health, the FDA announced. "Food should be a vehicle for wellness, ...

Taxes on sugary products and labels on the front of packages can help reduce sugar consumption, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. The study, which included more than 3,500 people ...

In a move that could help shoppers make more informed choices, the nutrition fact labels seen on most processed foods must now also be on all packages of raw ground beef, turkey and chicken. Under a ...

Food labels on packages confusing and incomplete, say experts. Oct. 13, 2010 -- Many of the processed foods we eat are "smart," "sensible" and "healthy," according to their package labels. But critics ...