With rising rates of obesity^[1] in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods^[2], it’s clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices.

A bill known as the TRUTH in Labeling Act^[3] has been sitting before Congress since late 2023. If passed, it would require U.S. food manufacturers to add a second nutrition label to the front of product packages, in...