Health halo foods are foods that seem healthy because they're labeled with words like "organic," "non-GMO," "gluten-free," and other similar claims. These words on a label or a restaurant menu can ...

1. Vitamin-fortified breakfast cereals Colorful cereal boxes prominently featuring heart-healthy claims represent one of the food industry’s most successful marketing achievements – and one of ...

The Good Food Collective, a new coalition of 25-plus food brands, organizations, and nutrition experts, has teamed up to ...

From flashy buzzwords to health claims, food labels can be deceiving. With this in mind, it’s important to take a closer look at what you’re buying at the grocery store.

The Trump administration claims progress in food health, but experts argue deeper reforms are needed to truly impact chronic ...

Consumers are becoming increasingly health-conscious, driving demand for food products that offer functional benefits beyond basic nutrition. As a result, one means for food manufacturers and ...

A It’s been a long time in the making, an updated “healthy” label claim on food. I like to say there are only a few pieces of information on food labels you can trust: the ingredient list ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on December 19 that updates the “healthy” nutrient claim on food labels, although compliance by manufacturers is voluntary.

Mary Zupke, RDN, LDN, a dietitian at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, said she keeps a bag of food labels in her office so she can review them with patients to help them improve their health ...

From meat to dairy, produce to pasta, food labels tout all sorts of claims that probably shouldn’t be taken at face value. Here are some of the most common statements and how to know what you ...

To carry the “healthy” claim, a food product must have a certain amount of food from at least one of the food groups or sub-groups described in the Dietary Guidelines and must adhere to ...