New Delh: Health professionals and public health advocates have applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling requiring mandatory nutritional labels on all packaged food products, calling it a vital step ...

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen is stepping down from politics, making him the first minister confirmed to not be running in this General Election. Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak to Dr Mustafa ...

The FDA has updated the definition of "healthy" on food labels to better reflect current nutritional science. Foods must now meet criteria for beneficial nutrients and limits on added sugars ...

She said: 'There are no guidelines about the terms "light" or "lite", but we recommend that manufacturers explain clearly what the claim means on the food label. 'The European Commission is ...

A lot of frozen chicken nuggets are made with low-quality meat, are filled with saturated fat and sodium, too many calories and the breading is often made with refined flour which can spike blood ...

An algorithm that learned from tens of thousands of nutrition prescriptions for premature babies could reduce medical errors and better identify what nutrients the smallest patients need.

Under current standards, grocery shoppers can consider grass-fed, cage-free, or organic labels when purchasing food — so they should certainly be able to evaluate the nutritional content of ...

In November we took a deep dive into the Nutrition Facts Label, now we are going to explore the rest of the food package. Learn about front of package labels, nutrition claims, and what phrases are ...

The trade group said it is worried the proposed mandate would oversimplify a product’s dietary makeup and require costly redesigns of most food packaging labels. The FDA said the proposed ...

Believe it or not, these food labels also have a larger part in the working nutritional sciences of human bodies, according to registered dietitian nutritionist Tara LaRowe. “The food label definitely ...