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Take a look in your trolley the next time you are doing a supermarket shop and you are likely to find a whole lot of health claims on your food packaging. From low calorie to gut health, protein ...

In the crusade to reduce chronic disease and neurobehavioral issues in the United States, synthetic food dyes are a hot target.

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“As dietitians and nutrition healthcare professionals, we can tell patients to look for foods with < 5% daily value, having that on the label. I tell them to look for 6 g or less of added sugar ...

The sugar content is arguably one of the most perplexing items on a food label. A wide range of substances, such as fructose, dextrose, and high-fructose corn syrup, are categorized as sugar.

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A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 15, 2025, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: F.D.A. Seeks Food Labels For Fat, Sugar and Salt.