Added sugars, on the other hand, bring very little to the table in terms of nutrition or appetite control. They are empty calories—and those are precisely the ones that we want to target.

That new added sugars line is major update to take note of—especially because sugar can be so sneaky to spot in an ingredient list. "We talk about key words on labels that indicate added sugars ...

Calories would be in larger, bolder type, and consumers for the first time would know whether foods have added sugars under label changes being proposed by the Obama administration.

Since 1993, most packaged food sold in the U.S. has been required to include a Nutrition Facts label that lists the amount of fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein, carbohydrates, fiber and sugar in a … ...

The FDA rolled out new rules for nutrition labels on packaged foods and drinks Friday, designed to highlight the amount of “added sugar” and calories in a given product. The measures, which ...

A quick glance at a nutrition label often isn’t enough to tell you about the added sugar content, says Brigitte Zeitlin, M.P.H., R.D., C.D.N., founder of the New York-based BZ Nutrition. That ...

WASHINGTON — Wondering if you are eating too much added sugar? The nutrition label on your food may one day help you figure it out. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed that ...

The simplest way to know if a product contains added sugars is to check the Nutrition Facts label. SUMMARY Sugar goes by various names — many of which you may not recognize.

Consumers may struggle to understand food nutrition panels that include “added sugars,” a study suggests, illustrating the challenge ahead as U.S. health officials consider putting this detail ...

Grocery store end caps lined with cereals. Any consumer who peruses a food product’s nutrition label before making their purchase decision is all too aware of how prevalent added sugars are ...

Check the nutrition label and you may see as many as 200-plus calories in a tiny ⅓-cup serving—along with lots of added sugars and saturated fat.

GigaCalculator investigated how added sugar is skewing U.S. nutrition using data from the USDA and various government and scientific sources. - Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle // Getty ...