The FDA provides guidance explaining food ingredient and packaging terms that help businesses better understand labels, additives, packaging materials and food safety requirements.

Consumers are sold on the convenience of food delivery. Statista reports that online food delivery orders worldwide are projected to reach $1.22 trillion in 2024 and will continue to grow at a 10.06% ...

When grocery shoppers scan food packaging labels, what they see are prices and sell-by dates. But what they don’t see are the harmful chemicals that may be seeping from the labels into the food, ...

California’s new food labeling law replaces confusing date labels with standardized terms to help cut food waste.

Transparency, literal transparency, plays a surprisingly large role in how trustworthy a product feels. Research compiled by ...

From non-GMO to gluten-free, here's what the most common food labels mean and who regulates each one. Korin Miller has spent nearly two decades covering food, health, and nutrition for digital, print, ...

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 ...

A USDA report reveals that “natural” claims on packaging mean a whole lot less than most people think. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her ...

California will replace "sell by" labels with labels using standardized language in an effort to reduce food waste.

In Kimberley Kausen’s home, a passed “sell by” date on a jug of milk means different things to different family members. For her daughter, it means the jug belongs in the trash. For her husband, it ...

If choosing among a dozen different yogurt flavors wasn’t overwhelming enough, there’s also the growing, confusing list of buzzwords on packaging labels. Is there a nutritional difference between ...