Recent News & Comments About nutrition labels
Heather Bauer, RD, CDN: What Food Labels Really Mean
For most, deciphering nutrition labels can be like reading hieroglyphics. It can be time-consuming and thankless. I'm committed to providing my readers as much accurate nutrition information as possible.
By Rose L. Thayer Killeen Daily Herald
Nutrition labels on foods are meant to clarify what nutrients and ingredients are in products, but sometimes decoding serving sizes, percentages and promotional labels on the package can be a little confusing.
Frito-Lay Jumps Into Gluten-Free Craze With New Labels
Americans Are Eating Up the 'Gluten-Free' Marketing Craze
NDP MPP Pushes For New Nutrition Labels At Large Restaurants
An NDP MPP says she wants large restaurant customers to know how much junk they're consuming. NDP health critic, France Gelinas, is tabling a private member's bill that would force large chain restaurants to display the calorie count and sodium level information of their items. Gelinas says the bill would apply to businesses that make more than $5 million in revenue and have at least five ...
Facts offered for dining out
More and more consumers, me included, are paying attention to the nutrition labels on the foods we buy at the grocery store.
Behind scenes, Health Canada experts clashed with minister's views on food labels
Health Canada's top nutrition experts are at odds over their minister's laissez-faire approach to company-sponsored nutrition labels on the front of food packages, internal records suggest.b
Privacy labels aim to control prying eyes, personal data
A pair of entrepreneurs thinks labels on websites that outline information sharing rules could go a long way toward protecting user privacy on the Internet and improving business relationships...
Okaloosa Extension highlights new USDA nutrition guidelines
Brenda Smith, Food and Nutrition program assistant at the University of Florida/IFAS Okaloosa County Extension office, minced no words while introducing the government’s new “My Plate” nutrition guidelines. The program replaces the My Pyramid...
Sandwich labels misleading consumers
Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs criticised by Which? for failing to print 'traffic-light labelling' on the front of packs
Nutritious Nutella? All you need to know about the pitfalls of food labels
Science-ish ponders the health impact of nutrition content information
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