Americans are more likely to choose the healthiest food when calories and dietary fiber are included along with nutrients-to-limit on the front of the package and when interpretive language – but not ...

FDA once again is considering front-of-pack labeling “to help consumers interpret the nutrient information on food products,” including testing a controversial traffic light approach to show when a ...

When a healthy product is encased in plastic packaging, this can negatively affect consumer perceptions of the product. Can front-of-pack labelling mitigate this? Plastic has a significantly negative ...

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 ...

Nutrition labels on the front of food packaging should be made mandatory in the UK, according to a consumer champion. Which? called on the Government to make the change amid what it described as an ...

“As consumers shop for healthier food, they encounter confusion and frustration,” former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan remarked in 1990. Dr. Sullivan was lamenting the ...

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.

Indonesia's Ministry of Health has introduced a front-of-pack nutrition labeling policy aimed at helping consumers identify levels of sugar, salt and fat in processed foods and beverages, as part of ...

Governments must work harder to push food and drink manufacturers to reduce sugar in their products and enforce front-of-pack labelling on the sector. One of the best ways to “push industry to do ...

The US Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published the first phase of its research into front-of-pack labelling commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India faces scrutiny over its decade-long delay in implementing Front-of-Pack Labelling. While FSSAI claims complexity and seeks more time, past regulations ...