Insights have revealed that the beloved traffic light nutritional labelling system is nothing more than a marketing gimmick and could be actively harming consumers' understanding of healthy eating.

A traffic-light system for dogwalkers could protect breeding birds, seal pups and other wildlife by Sarah Crowley, David Bavin, Matthew Heard, The Conversation ...

The FDA approved three new natural food color additives — galdieria extract, butterfly pea flower extract, and calcium phosphate — to replace synthetic petroleum-based dyes.

“Best By”, “Use By”, “Sell By” dates. To clarify quality and safety dates on food labels, on September 28, 2024, a new law was enacted in California that requires food manufacturers ...

Study shows a lack of present, accessible, and legible information about the food consumers buy online, while marketing claims are still prominent. The absence of accessible food labeling can have ...

A U.K. company has developed a traffic-light scoring system to help consumers choose sustainably and ethically sourced products. Inspired by Nutri-Scores for food products, the CEO of Brand Conscience ...

Although eco-labeling seems to provide a series of sustainability benefits for producers and consumers, the implementation of such policies should take into consideration potential trade-offs and ...

New study pushes for two-colour traffic-light front-of-pack labelling in India The findings “could assist the Indian government in its efforts” to develop a new front-of-pack labelling system ...

The Food Date Labeling Act would help food producers to streamline what is now a very cumbersome, state-by-state approach to date labeling that just leads to more confusion and food waste.

In 2010, the European parliament held a vote on whether the EU should adopt a compulsory traffic-light labelling system.

Melgar highlighted the absurdity of throwing away perfectly good food because of an arbitrary, hard-to-understand label and praised the Food Date Labeling Act as a solution to this problem.

FDA once again is considering front-of-pack labeling “to help consumers interpret the nutrient information on food products,” including testing a controversial traffic light approach to show ...