Smart Choices

How to Make Smart Food Choices When You're Confused And Overwhelmed

Joshua Rosenthal | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living


Joshua Rosenthal

The supermarket can be a daunting place. Aisles upon aisles of choices, how can anyone make up their mind? Here are a couple tips for making "truly smart food" choices in the supermarket.

10 Things the FDA Can Do to Improve Nutrition Labeling

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Hemi Weingarten

Wouldn't it be nice if the FDA cleaned up the mess originally created when it brought us the nutrition facts label as we know it today?

"Smart Choices" Food Labeling Program Halts Over FDA Concern

Posted 10.24.2009 | Business


(AP) PORTLAND, Ore. - A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such syst...

New 'Smart Choices' Food Labels Are More Confusing Than Helpful

LiveScience | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Wouldn't it be nice if foods came with labels to explain how healthy they are? Well, yes, you're right: They do. OK, but wouldn't it be even nicer if ...

Kellogg's Asks for a Froot Loops Correction: More on Smart (?) Choices

Marion Nestle | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Marion Nestle

The more products that qualify for the Smart Choices logo, the more money the program gets. I'd call that a clear conflict of interest.

New Healthy Food Label Goes To... Froot Loops?

nytimes.com | WILLIAM NEUMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


A new food-labeling campaign called Smart Choices, backed by most of the nation's largest food manufacturers, is "designed to help shoppers easily ide...