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How You Should Be Reading the Nutrition Label on Your Cereal Box. Dannah Strauss. Updated Tue, January 12, 2016 at 7:40 PM UTC.
The nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box is photographed in Washington on Jan. 23. Nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read. The Food and Drug ...
Reading the nutrition facts label. Now that you have a sense of how DV percentages work, you can tackle understanding the nutrition facts labels on cereal boxes.
There’s something comforting about the “Nutrition Facts” panels on food packaging. Neatly confined within boxes, printed in Franklin Gothic Heavy or Helvetica Black, these “facts ...
"Nutrition labeling is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for most packaged foods," says Collins, but she explains that the labels are not required on raw fruits and vegetables.
How to read nutrition labels. Learning how to read these labels and which nutrients to look out for or avoid can be helpful. The first thing you'll find on the label is the serving size, followed ...
To know how much sugar you're getting, read the Nutrition Facts label on the side of the cereal box. And avoid cereals that have been "frosted" with layers of sugar. LOW SODIUM ...
Reading the back side of cereal boxes is a good diversion from watching or listening to the news on morning television or to obnoxious ads on the TV. In my opinion, the remote control is the best ...
General Mills seizes Nutrition Facts Label update as an opportunity to ‘optimize’ cereal fortification By Elizabeth Crawford 05-Nov-2019 Last updated on 05-Nov-2019 at 17:11 GMT ...
We’ve learned that breakfast cereals aren’t all that they’re cracked up to be. Not all cereals are created equal; the grams of sugar, carbohydrates, and even serving sizes are deceiving consumers ...
Dear Doctor K: I love to eat cereal for breakfast, but I’ve heard that many cereals aren’t all that healthy. What should I look for in a healthy cereal? Dr. K: Nutrition facts label will help ...