A federal education program that helped food stamp beneficiaries find healthy foods and prepare them on a budget is ending.

Today, the idea that food packages can show us at a glance how many calories and grams of sugar a product has seems like a given, but the Nutrition Facts label didn’t exist 50 years ago. “The ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.

For example, the serving size on a bag of rice is ¼ cup (dry), which is the amount that most people may add to their meal. Serving sizes are listed in familiar units, such as cups or pieces ...

However, people should consider serving size to ensure they stay within healthy parameters for certain nutrients. For example, a carton of soup has four servings, and the serving size is 1 cup. If ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.