Nytimes.com 10/28/2014
“… The Nutrition Facts label, mandated by Congress on processed food packages since 1990, was designed to help Americans consume a more nutritious diet. If manufacturers had to reveal the nutrients and calories in foods, the reasoning went, they might be encouraged to add more nourishing ingredients and to eliminate or reduce those that are detrimental to health. …”
Read the entire article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/revised-nutrition-labels-still-wont-tell-whole-story/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
