What if understanding nutrition labels were as easy as reading a traffic light? Green for “go,” amber for “caution” and red for “stop” could guide consumers toward healthier food choices. The United ...

Picture: Pixabay. When you walk down the aisles of a grocery store, food labels can be overwhelming and, at times, misleading. The term “healthy” has often been used as a marketing buzzword ...

"The healthy claim has been updated to help ensure that consumers have access to more complete, accurate and up-to-date nutrition information on food labels," added Jones. Under the new rules ...

a move that aligns with current nutrition science and is meant to help consumers better navigate food labels. The “healthy” claim “can empower consumers” and help them identify a ...

“Improving access to nutrition information is an important public health effort the FDA can undertake to help people build healthy eating patterns.” The new rule will take effect within two months and ...

The FDA is also working on a symbol that can be put on packages to help consumers more easily identify foods that are considered healthy and developing a plan for nutrition labeling that would go ...

The idea is to simplify things for shoppers who are confused by nutrition fact labels that don’t give any real-world guidance on whether one product is better than another, the agency added. Nutrition ...