Food label guides

Plain-English guides to the words on food labels: what they mean and how to check them. Each guide explains the topic first, then shows how to look it up in Fineprint. They give general information about reading labels; they are not medical or dietary advice.

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The guides

• Seed oils on food labels: how to spot themWhich oils count as seed oils, what they are called on labels, and how to check a product's ingredient list quickly.
• What are E numbers in food?What an E number is, how the ranges work, why natural and synthetic additives both have them, and how to look one up.
• What is ultra-processed food? NOVA groups explainedWhat the term means, what the four NOVA groups are, and how it differs from a nutrition score.

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