If "sell by," "use by" and other food label dates seem confusing, there's a reason. Federal regulations do not require product dating labels except for infant formula, according to the U.S. Department ...

Nutrition labels on your favorite grocery items may soon sport a new look. The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal Tuesday that would require food and drink manufacturers to place ...

If you often find yourself struggling to decode the information on the packaging of “healthy” snacks, it’s time to learn four ...

A potential FDA proposal would label Goldfish “medium” in saturated fat and sodium. (The placement and size of any U.S. label has yet to be determined.) The same product would bear stop-sign-shaped ...

Date labels. Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny dot-matrix-printed numbers and wondered: “Does this mean my cheese might ...

Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food ...

You want your patients to eat healthier. But American food labels don’t make that easy. A few diet and nutrition specialists offer tips for teaching your patients about food labels — including updated ...

Food labels provide essential information about a product’s nutritional value and ingredient composition. However, many consumers overlook the details, leading to unhealthy food choices. Understanding ...

Ms. Morgan is a food systems consultant. Mr. Bittman is a former Opinion columnist and a special adviser on food at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Whether you shop for food in ...

From the amount of calories and fat to protein and fibre, food labels contain a wealth of information. But do we understand them? WH investigates If you’ve ever found yourself mid supermarket shop ...

SALINA, KAN. — Sustainable agriculture researcher The Land Institute has rolled out Perennial Percent, a product label indicating that a food or beverage contains a small percentage of perennial ...

A woman walks in an aisle of a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Walmart on Thursday reported another solid quarter behind sales gains in the United States, but warned of higher ...