FDA regulations

With the recent keto-diet craze and the ongoing quest to keep things low in total carbohydrate value, consumers have been obsessed with sugar substitutes. While all of these sweeteners make it [...]

As a food manufacturer, you are probably well aware that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a lengthy set of rules and requirements that must be followed for nutrition labeling in [...]

In May of 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule regarding the serving sizes of food. The final rule required new nutrition labeling as well as changing the [...]

With the popularity of CBD and CBD products skyrocketing in recent years, including the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), there is a rapidly increasing demand for CBD and CBD [...]

Although they are related, there is a distinct difference between serving sizes and reference amounts. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines serving size as “the amount of food [...]

Background Regarding the FDA and Dietary Fiber Prior to May of 2016, there was no regulatory definition for dietary fiber provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As many in the [...]

Many food manufacturers will remember that back in 2013, the FDA declared that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), or trans fats, were no longer considered safe for human consumption. Now, five [...]

Over the past few years, partially hydrogenated oils have come under a lot of scrutiny. While they’ve been used in food products since the 1950s, mostly to preserve the shelf-life of manufactured [...]

Many of the food products on any given grocery store shelf have some sort of claim on the packaging. Consumers use these claims to inform what they buy, and as manufacturers, we use them to help [...]

Often, food manufacturers tell me that the FDA nutrition labeling rules seem very particular (some even say nitpicky). From label layouts to rounding rules and everything in between, I’ll admit [...]