Our environment drives many of the choices we make around what we eat. Evidence shows that to encourage consumers to make ...
The legislation is meant to strengthen food labeling law and protect the roughly 3 million Americans with celiac disease.
Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...
Researchers are calling for stronger measures to reduce sugar consumption after a new paper finds limited evidence that front-of-pack food labels help lower intake among disadvantaged groups.
Food packages have gotten very good at looking healthy. You’ve seen them: soft green labels, rustic fonts, phrases like ...
Food labels are designed to give you information about a product and help you make better-informed purchases. But there are ...
As both the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and Safe Food Advocacy Europe release reports detailing how the food industry conveys information, calls for change emerge. In September 2022, ...
Food labels should tell us exactly what we’re eating – seems simple enough, right? Yet the reality of food labeling laws creates heated debates among consumers, manufacturers, and policymakers. From ...
Much of the labeling winds up on products that contain ingredients made from four genetically modified foods: corn, canola, soybeans and sugarbeets. Genetically modified foods have been on supermarket ...
The European Commission is planning to propose a sustainable food labelling network, yet must first address several key challenges, suggests Professor Matthias Finkbeiner, Chair of Sustainable ...
If you’ve ever read a food label and come away feeling more confused, you’re not alone. Since 2014, Australian shoppers have relied on the Health Star Rating scheme to help them choose which foods to ...