Foods marketed as "natural" are not consistently more nutritious than their conventional counterparts, and some front-of-package nutrition labels may unintentionally encourage manufacturers to swap ...

Food labels should tell us exactly what we’re eating – seems simple enough, right? Yet the reality of food labeling laws creates heated debates among consumers, manufacturers, and policymakers. From ...

A lot of the food packaging you see is designed to catch your eye. Some experts say the labels don’t always tell the whole ...

Burdensome food labeling mandates were once the province of Democrats, who pushed for calorie count requirements on restaurant menus and insisted packaged food must feature warnings about genetically ...

The Food and Drug Administration is considering two labels for food and drink packaging. These labels will help consumers identify foods that have high amounts of sodium, saturated fat, or sugar. Some ...

Last year, Indiana passed a law that (1) banned the sale and production of cultured meat until July 1, 2027; and (2) requires, after the ban expires, that cultured meat packaging have the exact phrase ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced a joint request for Information (RFI) about food date labeling, which includes the use of terms such as ...

All of us have probably had the experience of browsing the aisles at the grocery store looking for healthy foods to take home for our families. A few foods we find may include the word “healthy” on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman walks in an aisle of a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Walmart on Thursday reported another solid ...

A trial at English secondary schools of alternative food labeling—which displayed the number of minutes of physical activity needed to burn off calories—reduced the purchase of sugary foods by a small ...

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 ...