In A Nutshell Color-coded food labels using red and green outperform standard text-based nutrition labels at helping consumers accurately evaluate products. Red labels, signaling unhealthy nutrients, ...

The FDA wants to put clearer nutrition labels on the front of food packages - but new research suggests a different design might work better.

Buzzwords like “natural,” “fat-free,” and “high protein” can make junk food seem healthier than it really is. Claims like “no ...

A lot of fresh food comes in its own natural packaging meaning there's no real need to encase them in plastic. I'm talking about produce such as potatoes, apples, oranges, bananas, avocados, and ...

Nutrition labels flaunt calorie counts in bold on food packaging. The amount of energy — or calories — we get from food is ...

If you're buying food that should have been kept cold right up until you took it off the shelf, it would certainly be good to know if it had actually reached room temperature at some point. An ...

Food labels can help you make better decisions about what you eat and how you manage your diabetes. Just about every packaged food made in the U.S. has a "Nutrition Facts" label that gives a serving ...