At many chain eateries, which are often required to post their nutrition facts online, pasta dishes can pack in 140-plus grams of carbohydrate. That's like eating 10 slices of white bread.

The nutritional information on the label is for one portion, but many packages contain two, three or even six portions. One portion of tinned pasta is half a can, so if you eat the whole can of ...

A 2-ounce serving of chickpea pasta contains between 190 and 230 calories; 2 to 3.5 grams of fat (up to 4 percent of the daily value, or DV); 0 to 45 milligramsof sodium (up to 2 percent of the DV ...

FDA FDA's Shoddy, Misleading Changes to Nutrition 'Facts' Label Take Effect The label changes include new font along with pointless and misleading information. Baylen Linnekin | 1.11.2020 8:30 AM ...

The nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box is photographed in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read.

Lustig cautions that only 15 percent of Americans even look at the Nutrition Facts label, and even warning labels for alcohol and tobacco do not necessarily help people change risky habits.

Although the Nutrition Facts label doesn't differentiate between added sugar and naturally-occurring sugar (i.e.: lactose in milk, sugar in fruits), it's still important to look at sugar content ...

The nutrition facts label "is now 20 years old, the food environment has changed and our dietary guidance has changed," says Taylor, who was at the agency in the early 1990s when the FDA first ...

FDA Nutrition Facts Label The nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box is photographed in Washington on Jan. 23. Nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read.

Burkey Belser is the president and co-founder of Greenfield Belser, a brand-strategy and design firm. He designed the FDA’s Nutrition Facts label in 1992. There is very good reason to support ...