Uh-oh. "The food industry is moving to capitalize on the Trump administration's anti-regulation agenda by seeking to delay or do away with Obama-era rules governing the disclosure of calories, sugar, fiber and serving Read More
Apr 28, 2017
Nutrition Facts Panel
Jul 25, 2016
The Food Industry Has Battled Nutrition Labeling For The Last Two Decades
The Union of Concerned Scientists is one of our favorite like-minded organizations, and their latest blog post, detailing Big Food’s aggressive pushback against added sugar labeling, is a must-read. Current Academy of Read More
May 25, 2016
Why The Sugar Industry Hates the New Nutrition Facts Label
In this guest blog post for Scientific American, New York University's Dr. Marion Nestle hashes out the details and politics behind the updated Nutrition Facts Panel. Highlights: "The FDA actually began work on Read More
May 20, 2016
It’s Official: Added Sugars Will be Listed on the New Nutrition Facts Panel
Today's big news? The official announcement of the new Nutrition Facts Panel. Hands down, the most significant public health victory here is the inclusion of added sugars. You may recall that, for the past two years, Read More
Jun 23, 2015
Industry’s Latest: “Added Sugar Labeling Could Be Too Confusing for the Public”
As we have mentioned on several occasions, the food and beverage industries are on high alert regarding the Food and Drug Administration's proposal to label added sugars on the revised Nutrition Facts label. The Read More
Jul 09, 2014
The Food Industry’s Latest Battle: Added Sugar Labeling
In order to understand the food industry's real motives, it is important to look at how they react to public health policy. By and large, industry's words, promises, and pledges (especially at the annual Academy of Read More