The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides a reference guide explaining key food ingredient and packaging terms used in food labels, regulations and product information. The resource helps ...

"Healthy" food labels increased consumer selections of healthier snacks and consumers were willing to pay a premium for such labeled products, according to new research. In 2024, the FDA updated the ...

Packaged foods offer convenience for families and individuals, but they can be a major source of saturated fat, sodium and added sugars, which when consumed in excess contribute to chronic disease. To ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it will not enforce regulations against "false or misleading" material on food labeling. The new plan would give manufacturers the ...

US regulators are taking initial steps to improve food labels to make them safer for consumers with celiac disease or those following a gluten-free diet. On Wednesday, the US Food and Drug ...

MEANS FOR THE FOODS YOU EAT. YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN IT ON FOOD LABELS. NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS. IT SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT UNDER A NEW FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION POLICY, THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE ...

On January 21, 2026, FDA issued a request for information (RFI) regarding labeling and preventing cross-contact of gluten for packaged foods. 1 The RFI comes in response to a citizen petition ...

Words like “natural” and “gluten-free” sound healthy, but they rarely tell the whole story.

The American College of Cardiology said it supports the FDA-led initiative to put nutritional information on the front of food packages. Stated reasons for its support include improving diet quality, ...

Plant-based proteins, seeds, unexpected fruits & tick-associated alpha-gal syndrome are moving into the allergen ...