WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Grabbing a quick snack might soon come with a little extra clarity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule requiring bold, ...

Front of package nutrition labeling intended to help consumers select healthier foods and beverages by potentially calling out the amount of added sugar and other nutrients of interest could ...

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.

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed its long-awaited front-of-pack labeling rule, featuring a black-and-white nutrition box that lists information on saturated fat, sodium and added sugars.

Industry expected to push back in favor of voluntary labeling A broad coalition of 28 leading consumer, public health, and nutrition organizations, alongside 12 academic researchers, has called on the ...

The Biden administration is exploring steps the federal government could take to reduce intake of added sugars “such as developing targets for categories of foods, similar to the voluntary targets FDA ...

Facts Up Front, interpreted as an attempt by the food industry to make an end run around label initiatives, now has everyone's backing. FoodNavigator.com reports that the Food and Drug Administration ...

The idea of requiring nutrition labels on the front of food packages to disclose sugar and fat content is getting increased attention ahead of the first White House conference in more than half a ...

A long-running debate over how packaged foods should be labeled is intensifying in the lead-up to a White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health scheduled for late September. The debate is ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), with a new concise clinical guidance document, has thrown its support behind putting nutrition labels on the front of food packaging to help consumers make ...

Food manufacturers have long used so-called front-of-package labeling — those carefully worded health and nutrition claims like “High in fiber!” or “All natural!” splashed on the front of processed ...

After 20 years of hemming, hawing, and “evaluating the science,” the FDA is finally muscling its way onto the most coveted real estate in the grocery store —your food’s front-of-package (FOP). The ...