As I described previously in Forbes, roughly a year ago, then First Lady Michelle Obama and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally announced the Nutrition Facts Label's first ...

Nutrition Facts: 3 pancakes (calculated without syrup and butter): 218 calories, 2g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 649mg sodium, 50g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein.

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.

For the first time in 20 years, the FDA has finalized a new, improved Nutrition Facts label that will be on nearly 800,000 food products nationwide. The calorie count is bigger, bigger font, and ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency.

The iconic Nutrition Facts label is now a model for tech transparency. But its history exposes the power—and limitations—of such labeling.