The way you see nutrition labels on food packaging is about to change. By 2025, new front-of-package labels will start appearing on grocery store shelves, and by January 2026, they'll be mandatory.

New regulation mandates symbols on foods high in sodium, sugar or saturated fat, in effort to combat chronic disease.

A potential FDA proposal would label Goldfish “medium” in saturated fat and sodium. (The placement and size of any U.S. label has yet to be determined.) The same product would bear stop-sign-shaped ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed food companies use new, front-of-package labels highlighting the levels of fat, salt and added sugar in their products. In issuing ...

Some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have the opposite effect, new University of Florida research shows. The study is particularly compelling because it comes ...

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 ...

A new study analyzing 16 years of data on tens of thousands of products finds that the adoption of nutrition data on 'front of package' labels is associated with improved nutritional content of those ...

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As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration weighs whether to require front-of-package food labels, a new study shows some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have ...

A new study analyzing 16 years of data on tens of thousands of products finds that the adoption of nutrition data on "front of package" (FOP) labels is associated with improved nutritional content of ...