Dietary fats play different roles in human health. Some fats provide necessary energy and support cell function. Others ...

News AssistantNutritional labels in Virginia Tech dining halls will continue to show consumers the facts about their food selections ? just not all of them.A Food and Drug Administration nutritional ...

Soon, food labels will have to say how much artery-clogging trans fat is inside. Trans fat helps make foods like doughnuts and crackers taste good. Its most common source is partially hydrogenated ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stroll the aisles of any grocery store and you're sure to spot labels declaring "zero grams trans fat" on the front of snack foods, cookies and crackers. But does zero really mean ...

A growing number of shoppers rely on quick label cues like “low fat” or “organic,” but those words often hide more than they ...

Learn to read nutrition labels accurately, compare per 100 g values, watch for added sugars and sodium, and choose healthier ...

Harmful trans fats should be eliminated from Canada's food supply, health advocates told the federal government on Thursday. The report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Toronto Public ...

Girl Scout cookies, which went on sale in Tucson late last month, come with an extra pledge this year. For the first time ever, the Scouts can promise that the majority of the cookies on the order ...

WASHINGTON -- Consumers are about to get a better idea of just how unhealthy some brands of potato chips, cookies, even margarines really are: Food labels will soon be required to reveal how much ...