The way you see nutrition labels on food packaging is about to change. By 2025, new front-of-package labels will start appearing on grocery store shelves, and by January 2026, they'll be mandatory.

Front-of-package labels, and the food industry's attempt to control them, are a test of the FDA's authority to regulate any kind of food behavior My monthly (first Sunday) Food Matters column in the ...

The United States Food and Drug Administration will test out labels on the front of food packages in the hope of giving shoppers better access to nutrition information, the agency said. The goal is to ...

Some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have the opposite effect, new University of Florida research shows. The study is particularly compelling because it comes ...

A 16-year study on the effects of front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels on food products suggests a correlation between the optional labels and the quality of nutrition within those foods, along ...

Canada is kicking off 2026 with a front-of-package labeling regulation that could have a big impact on public health and sales of high-fat, -sugar and -sodium foods. The new package label, launched by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of food & drink. The four proposed nutrition symbols use a variety of symbols and colors to draw ...

What leads people to make better food choices? Is it price, availability, health attributes of the food or something else? This is the million-dollar question. The most common statement I hear from my ...

Patrick Nycz is President of NewPoint, a full-service food and beverage marketing agency, and author of Moving Your Brand Up the Food Chain. The U.S. government is being pressured to mandate ...

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration weighs whether to require front-of-package food labels, a new study shows some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have ...

OTTAWA – Foods high in saturated fat, sugars and/or sodium will be required to carry a front-of-package label, according to Health Canada. The label will include the symbol of a magnifying glass, ...