For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

Last year, in an attempt to encourage Americans to eat healthier, the FDA proposed a new way to label packaged foods to make it harder to miss how much saturated fat, sodium and added sugars they ...

A s a nutritionist and food policy expert, I know how challenging deciphering food labels can be. That's because a lot of label claims—such as "natural," "no cholesterol," and "healthy"—either don't ...

From non-GMO to gluten-free, here's what the most common food labels mean and who regulates each one. Korin Miller has spent nearly two decades covering food, health, and nutrition for digital, print, ...