Can Nutrition facts and Ingredients lie?

But those healthy ingredients are often mixed with loads of sugar, artificial coloring, and other additives that offset or overshadow the benefits. read more

Information in both the Nutrition Facts and Ingredients sections on products can certainly be manipulated. As Lorri has pointed out, when it comes to Nutrition Facts, this is usually done in terms of "serving size" which is how the Nutrition Facts are calculated. read more

We're all familiar with the standard Nutrition Facts label that appears on all packaged foods sold in this country. The label is mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in accordance with the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) and requires that values for specific nutrients be reported in a standardized format. read more