In 2020, expect to see some of your favorite foods sport a new nutrition facts label as mandatory changes from the FDA go into effect. Based on updated dietary guidelines and the need for food ...

Eating nutritiously is practically a superpower. A healthy diet is linked to increased longevity, lower risk of depression and heart problems, better sleep and a host of other benefits. Nutrition ...

A few months ago, the US Food and Drug Administration redesigned the nutrition facts label. The FDA made subtle improvements to the label's legibility, and even published an explainer, to teach people ...

What leads people to make better food choices? Is it price, availability, health attributes of the food or something else? This is the million-dollar question. The most common statement I hear from my ...

You shouldn’t need a degree in chemistry to buy granola, but food companies are betting you won’t read past the buzzwords on the front of the packaging. Marketing words like natural, light and immune ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on ...

Walk down the aisles of any grocery or convenience store and pick up a package. Somewhere on it is a food label listing nutrition information. Such labels don’t come just from the food industry. They ...

KANSAS CITY — Food and beverage manufacturers began responding to consumer demand for less processed products with shorter ingredient statements a decade ago. The early days of the clean label trend ...

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A decade ago, a nearly 90 min long YouTube video by a California endocrinologist changed the way millions of people view the role of sugar in their diets. Its unlikely star, Robert Lustig, used his ...