Food packaging is built to reassure shoppers. Certain words sound meaningful but often describe far less than people assume. In the U.S., some labels are regulated, some are loosely guided, and others ...

Take a walk through the grocery store and you can be overloaded by a dizzying amount of information. Nutritional information and ingredients of food contain facts and figures. Perishables have sell-by ...

Navigating the grocery aisle is overwhelming, especially when trying to make sense of food labels. Nutrition claims like “sugar-free” or “reduced fat” are hard enough to parse, even when they are ...

Ever stood in a grocery store aisle, staring at two nearly identical products, one with a pretty green leaf logo claiming ...

You want your patients to eat healthier. But American food labels don’t make that easy. A few diet and nutrition specialists offer tips for teaching your patients about food labels — including updated ...

In a world full of dietary trends and ever-evolving health advice, reading food labels remains one of the most reliable ways to make informed choices. Food labels reveal details beyond taste and ...

To increase a product’s appeal to consumers, food manufacturers place food certification labels on the front of their packaging - concerned with environmental, animal welfare, or fair trade, and ‘free ...