For years, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of food packages has provided important nutrition information, such as the amount of calories, fat, sodium, sugar, protein and vitamins and minerals.
Some of us make a trip to the grocery store, grab what looks good, and call it a day. Others of us carefully inspect the ...
Sodium content may not be apparent if the label only provides nutrition information for the edible portion — the kernels inside the shells. Some brands sell reduced-sodium versions. Another ...
While this is valuable information, the nutrition labels required by the FDA do not go far enough. To counter these deceptive marketing practices, the FDA should require manufacturers to identify ...
Under current EU rules, countries do not have to provide front-of-pack nutritional information. But a proposal for a mandatory EU-wide nutrition label was first introduced in 2020 by the European ...