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 FDA has been trying for years to make nutrition labels food products easier to understand. Last year, the agency even ...

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But do we actually read it? For years, advocates have argued that our labeling system doesn’t give shoppers the information they really need to make healthy choices. And the FDA seems to be listening.