Navigating the grocery aisle is overwhelming, especially when trying to make sense of food labels. Nutrition claims like “sugar-free” or “reduced fat” are hard enough to parse, even when they are ...

From non-GMO to gluten-free, here's what the most common food labels mean and who regulates each one. Korin Miller has spent nearly two decades covering food, health, and nutrition for digital, print, ...

A USDA report reveals that “natural” claims on packaging mean a whole lot less than most people think. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her ...

Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”? “Pasture-raised”? Some of the terms used on food labels are official certifications, enforced by the USDA or a nonprofit entity, and the ...

Words like “natural” and “gluten-free” sound healthy, but they rarely tell the whole story.

The agency issued designs for front-of-package lists that food companies would be required to include. By Andrew Jacobs The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition ...