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.

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. 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.

Inspired by the nutrition-facts labels that have been displayed on US food packaging since the 1990s, John Willinsky wants to see academic publishing take a similar approach to help to inform ...