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Understanding the new food label makeover

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Elizabeth Vander Laan, RD, LD

Posted December 6, 2018

Serving sizes, added sugars and vitamins—food labels are getting a makeover to help consumers make healthy choices about what we eat.

Allina Health Registered Dietician Elizabeth Vander Laan, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, talked with KARE 11 News about why understanding the changes on our labels is key to improving our health.

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