Nutrition labels

A new study has found that placing these nutrition labels in front of the package may also help to increase the nutritional quality of the food (from the manufacturer's side).

First Lady Michelle Obama plans to announce a series of proposed changes to food labels Thursday, aiming to make healthy choices easier for consumers in a country where obesity is rampant.The revisions would relate to ...

According to researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark,the health effects of a particular food product should not be assessed on the basis of the individual protein, fat and fiber content and instead it ...

After 20 years, the labels on nutrition facts on the back of food packages is all set to get a makeover. Food labeling has not been transparent and clear in educating consumers about the ingredients ...

Manufacturers often use technical terms to disguise the consumers but you have help at hand.The presence of the following words indicates added sugar, read your labels carefully.

It was found that the range of labels used by retailers and manufacturers can be confusing to customers for a number of reasons.

A bill that would have made California the first U.S. state to require warning labels on sodas and other sugary drinks was effectively killed on Tuesday. The bill sponsored by state Sen. Bill Monning failed ...

Australia will introduce mandatory country-of-origin food labelling from 2016, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday.

Nearly six in ten Europeans said they always check "use by" and "best before" labels when shopping and preparing meals, with very few indicating that they never do.

We know much less for sure than we think, and recommendations that forcefully tell people exactly what and precisely how much they should or should not eat can be counterproductive.