A decade ago, a nearly 90 min long YouTube video by a California endocrinologist changed the way millions of people view the role of sugar in their diets. Its unlikely star, Robert Lustig, used his ...

Do you know what all the food label terms for sugar mean? All the terms you find on a food label are strictly defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Sugar-free” means the food contains ...

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Soda is sweet — but billions of dollars in savings is even sweeter. When the Food and Drug Administration announced in 2016 that manufacturers would soon be required to disclose added-sugar amount on ...

The “low sugar” label quickly gives the impression of a healthy choice, but often hides many surprises. Many products bearing this label conceal dubious ingredients or unexpected effects. The "low ...

The new, redesigned "Nutrition Facts" label is coming. The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the new label will be required on most packaged food by July 2018. The big change: The label ...

SPRINGVILLE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A proposal from the feds to require all maple syrup producers to include added sugar labels appears to be off the table. For one maple syrup producer in Susquehanna County ...

A new study ran complex computer simulations to find out the precise effect that this kind of labeling might have on consumer behavior. It’s not a perfect prediction—consumer behavior is tricky—but ...

Sugar is everywhere in the American diet, and now the Food and Drug Administration will begin highlighting just how much of the sweet stuff is added to what we eat. Beginning in July 2018, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2016, the FDA implemented an update to food and beverage labels to include information on added sugar content ...

The FDA announced last week that it had decided not to require producers of sugar, honey, or maple syrup to label their products as containing "added sugar," under the agency's ongoing implementation ...