#Food Labeling

Articles (4)

• 🇺🇸 Can you trust calorie counts on food labels? What the nutrition scientists say — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Nutrition labels flaunt calorie counts in bold on food packaging. The amount of energy — or calories — we get from food is affected by many different factors, experts say.

  Related: #Nutrition Science
• 🇺🇸 David protein bar founder pushes back after lawsuit alleges company undercounted calories — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  A lawsuit alleging that David protein bars misrepresent their calorie and fat content is drawing comparisons to the movie “Mean Girls.”

  Related: #Legal Dispute
• 🇬🇧 If plant-based foods must be more honest, let’s do the same for meat – fancy some ‘cow muscle’? | Deirdra Barr — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>EU rules banning terms such as ‘bacon’ for veggie products are problematic, btw cow muscle = steak</p><p>Last week, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/eu-ban-meaty-names-vegetar...

  Related: #Consumer Transparency
• 🇬🇧 EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Lawmakers will outlaw use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets</p><p>EU lawmakers have agreed to ban meaty names such as steak and bacon for ...

  Related: #Regulation