Government nutrition agencies
USDA, HHS, FDA, NIH, CDC and USDA FoodData Central all touch different parts of food, nutrition, labeling, research and safety. Sesqua keeps the source visible instead of blending them together.
Sesqua Guides
Current food guidance, translated into something useful.
Authoritative sources first, plain-language context second, then a direct path into the foods themselves.
2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The new U.S. food pyramid and the “eat real food” guidance
USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services jointly publish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The current 2025–2030 edition emphasizes whole, nutrient-dense foods and limiting highly processed foods, added sugars and refined carbohydrates. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the current guidance in January 2026.
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Ultra-processed foods
Federal agencies are actively working on how ultra-processed foods are defined and studied. That makes this a moving topic; Sesqua links to the current government source rather than pretending the definition never changes.
HHS / FDA / USDA background ↗GRAS and ingredient transparency
HHS and FDA have also been reviewing the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) pathway and ingredient transparency. It belongs beside nutrition data, but it is not the same thing as the USDA nutrient record.
HHS GRAS background ↗Food safety
Safe internal temperatures, storage and handling guidance come from food-safety authorities such as USDA FSIS and FoodSafety.gov—not from FoodData Central nutrient records.
Safe temperature chart ↗Food labels and allergens
FDA oversees most packaged-food labeling requirements while USDA FSIS covers meat, poultry and certain egg products. Allergen declarations and label claims are their own important layer of food information.
FDA labeling & nutrition ↗Kosher and other dietary certifications
Sesqua should treat Kosher as a certification/tag, not infer it from ingredients or nutrition. USDA programs identify some certified foods, but FoodData Central does not provide a dependable universal Kosher flag for every search result.
Planned: manual/verified dietary tags in Menu and Item filters, with certification source where known.
Topics Sesqua will keep expandingUseful pages—not hidden keyword stuffing
USDAFood PyramidDietary GuidelinesRobert F. Kennedy Jr.Brooke RollinsHHSFDAFoodData CentralFood SafetyNutrition FactsAdded SugarCarbohydratesFiberProteinSodiumUltra-Processed FoodsGRASFood LabelsAllergensKosherStorage