For fat and sugar, less than .5 grams. For sodium, less than 5 milligrams. Also, the food must somehow be processed to be free of those things in order to get the simple “free” label.

As well as the 'light' loophole, they found other diet products carrying labels trumpeting that they had a certain percentage 'fat free'. A Soreen Snack fruit loaf, for example, claimed to be '90 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – It wasn't your imagination that the fat-free chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream didn't taste as good as the creme de la creme version, despite what the label said. Your ...

Spector said he steers clear of anything labeled "low-fat," which includes margarine and ... Spector has another gripe with ...