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 ...

Federal officials are super-sizing key information on nutrition labels for packaged foods and adding additional data to help Americans make healthier choices as their appetites -- and many ...

The FDA has published a new proposal for adding an additional nutrition label to the front of food packaging. It wouldn't focus on calories or fat, but rather sodium, saturated fats and added ...

The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

Nutrition fact labels to get makeover from FDA 01:09. Nutrition fact labels are finally undergoing a makeover. The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new changes to labels on food packaging ...

Food manufacturers with more than $10 million in annual sales were required to have their labels updated by January 1, 2020, but smaller companies had until January 1, 2021, according to the FDA rule.

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The FDA has released its mock-up of a proposed new label for food. On it, calorie counts go big and bold. What's out? Listing calories from fat. What else is new? More details on added sugars.

In addition to current food labels like this, the FDA proposes new front labels that call out nutrients linked to chronic disease. Tim Boyle/Getty Images. By Sarah Todd. Jan. 15, 2025.

After 20 years, the nutrition facts label on the back of food packages is getting a makeover. Knowledge about nutrition has evolved since the early 1990s, and the Food and Drug Administration says ...

The nutrition facts label "is now 20 years old, the food environment has changed and our dietary guidance has changed," says Taylor, who was at the agency in the early 1990s when the FDA first ...

Knowledge about nutrition has evolved since the early 1990s, and the Food and Drug Administration says the labels need to reflect that. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.