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FDA Updates “Healthy” Food Definition for US Food Products
Officials from the FDA updated the organization’s definition of the word “healthy,” according to an FDA constituent update.
A food product’s packaging can bear the word “healthy” if the food adheres to specified limits for saturated fats, sodium, and added sugars. Additionally, “healthy” food contains “at least one of the food groups or subgroups (such as fruits, vegetables, fat-free and low-fat dairy, etc.) recommended by the Dietary Guidelines,” according to the FDA’s new definition.
For example, a “healthy” grain product should not contain more than 5% saturated fat...
PODCAST: "Agri-Food for Thought" Episode 19 - Vulnerable Produce Markets, feat. Ibi Idoniboye
Expana presents Agri-Food for Thought, the podcast series for agriculture and food professionals.
Agri-Food for Thought covers the latest news in food and agriculture. Listen now as Simon and special guest Ibi Idoniboye, from the Expana EMEA newsroom, discuss the Produce category, which is one of Expana's expansion categories. In this category, we regroup dried fruit, fresh fruit and juices, herbs and spices, nuts, and seeds. It’s a vast category and truly global in nature, and yet so exposed to disruptive weather...
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