Food Labeling Should Not Be This Hard

Brownstone Institute · Sep 16, 2026

Food Labeling Should Not Be This Hard by Daniel Nuccio at Brownstone Institute Knowing what’s in your food or whether what you’re about to eat comports with a medically prescribed diet can be difficult. There’s no reason why the government should make it harder. But that’s exactly what the United States Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration are doing when they prohibit companies from conveying information about FODMAP content on food labels. Although not inherently harmful to most people, FODMAPs are a broad category of short-chain carbohydrates and sugar alcohols…