If you feel like food labels are written in a foreign language, you’re not alone. Manufacturers use more than 65 names for sugar on food labels, and many of them are designed to sound healthier than ...

Consumers may struggle to understand food nutrition panels that include "added sugars," a study suggests, illustrating the challenge ahead as U.S. health officials consider putting this detail on food ...

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The “low sugar” label quickly gives the impression of a healthy choice, but often hides many surprises. Many products bearing this label conceal dubious ingredients or unexpected effects. The "low ...

The new, redesigned "Nutrition Facts" label is coming. The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the new label will be required on most packaged food by July 2018. The big change: The label ...

Renata Micha, registered dietitian, Ph.D., associate research professor at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston, led a study to see if the new Food and Drug ...

How are new innovations in the sweet ingredients space challenging the assumption that taste needs to be compromised when ...

A decade ago, a nearly 90 min long YouTube video by a California endocrinologist changed the way millions of people view the role of sugar in their diets. Its unlikely star, Robert Lustig, used his ...

The Food and Drug Administration's mandatory labeling on added sugar content for sugary beverages and packaged foods may help reduce diabetes and cardiovascular diseases over the next 20 years. A ...

Soda is sweet — but billions of dollars in savings is even sweeter. When the Food and Drug Administration announced in 2016 that manufacturers would soon be required to disclose added-sugar amount on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2016, the FDA implemented an update to food and beverage labels to include information on added sugar content ...