FDA regulations

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 [...]

Over the years I’ve spent working with food manufacturers and producers, I’ve come to realize that the FDA’s rules for nutrition labeling are often confusing. A lot of people get tripped up on [...]

Food manufacturers have been waiting with bated breath to find out when they must implement the new FDA nutrition facts panels. After the Obama Administration’s May 5, 2017, deadline was delayed, [...]

Gregory was thoroughly confused. He’d finished perfecting the recipe for his protein-packed energy bars, which he’d been selling at the local Farmers Market for the past year. His product was [...]

Creating a delicious product is no easy feat, but more often than not, the process is infused with creativity, excitement, and of course, lots of tasting. Determining the serving size of a food [...]

First-time food manufacturers often ask me what the most popular Nutrient Content Claims (NCCs) are for food products. Well, in addition to a few others—such as low fat and low calorie—low sodium [...]

For decades, dietary fats were demonized in America. While modern nutritional science has now shown us that not all fats are bad, fat intake remains an important consideration in our overall [...]