Walking through a grocery store can feel straightforward, but much of what appears simple is carefully engineered. Packaging, language, and visual cues are designed to influence quick decisions, often ...

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. Countless FDA rule changes, congressional ...

In the bustling aisles of our local supermarkets, food labels serve as silent salesman – giving vital details of what lies ...

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a new rule that could have an impact on what you buy at the grocery store. Earlier this month, the FDA proposed requiring nutritional labels on the front ...

The nutrition facts label is meant to help consumers make healthy food choices, but all the numbers and measurements can be downright confusing. It’s also loaded with intimidating words, like “sugar”, ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

We often find people glancing at a nutrition label in grocery stores but only a small percentage of them can interpret the nutrition label correctly. With the variety of packaged food available ...

The Food and Drug Administration created the Nutrition Facts label in 1993. The serving sizes that appear on labels today were originally determined by how much food people consumed during the periods ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on ...