Nutrition Labels To Get Major Updates

infjd247

It will take a couple years to go into fully effect, but it's nice to be able to understand a few more things about my food from the label. These are the first mandatory changes in a couple of decades.

Lifehacker write up: http://vitals.lifehacker.com/added-sugars-will-now-be-on-nutrition-labels-no-more-1777822072

White House Press Release: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/20/white-house-and-fda-announce-modernized-nutrition-facts-label

Changes included in the White House Press Release:

- A more prominent display of “calories,” “servings,” and “servings per container” that drives consumers’ attention to these important elements when making informed food choices.

- Requirements for declaring the amount of “Added Sugars” in a food product. This is consistent with the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Institute of Medicine’s determination that calorie intake from added sugar is too high in the U.S. population and should be reduced. Including “Added Sugars” on the label will help consumers know how much sugar has been added to a product.

- Updated serving size requirements to reflect the amounts people currently eat. What and how much people eat and drink has changed since the serving sizes were first put into place in 1993. By law, serving sizes must be based on the portion consumers actually eat.

- “Dual column” labels to highlight both “per serving” and “per package” calorie and nutrition information for the whole package of certain food products.

- An abbreviated footnote better explaining percent Daily Value.

- An updated list of nutrients required to be declared based off of public health significance. Vitamin D and potassium—nutrients Americans often do not get enough of—will be required. Calcium and iron will continue to be required. Vitamins A and C are no longer required but can be included on a voluntary basis

MelaniaTrump

God knows what they will replace sugar with.
Aspartame?
Everything has consequences. We'll see.
Yet, the upper limit of 100% sugar is very generous (maybe too generous).

Serving size for an oreo: 1 cookie
I wonder what the new serving size will be.