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<\/a><\/p>\nYou may have heard about the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s recently released proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts label. The results were resoundingly positive, with only a couple points of contention. Nutrition Facts labels first came about thanks to the passage of a 1990 law requiring them. Since, they have only been significantly updated once, to include trans fat in the list of required nutrients. Needless to say, they were due for an update.<\/p>\n
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One of the most notable changes is the emphasis on calories.\u00a0 The increased font size and bolding of the calories amount play an important role in consumer decision making and contribute to addressing the obesity epidemic in America.\u00a0 FDA also proposed to add a line to the required nutrients for \u201cadded sugars\u201d.\u00a0 Added sugars are a good means of determining which food options are healthiest.\u00a0 While added sugars do not affect the body any differently than those that occur naturally, they indicate that a food is likely more processed and most likely contains unnecessarily large amounts of sweetener.<\/p>\n
The FDA would also like to see that all fiber listed on the Nutrition Facts label exclude purified processed fibers like maltodextrin and inulin.\u00a0 Processed fibers are not as beneficial as those that are unprocessed and frequently found in whole foods.\u00a0 A few other high points to the proposed changes are removing the \u201ccalories from fat\u201d section and getting rid of the table that lists nutrient labels for 2,000-2,500 calorie diets and replacing the required amounts of vitamins A and C listed with potassium and vitamin D.<\/p>\n
The largest concession was that the Daily Value of sodium was only lowered from 2,400mg to 2,300mg.\u00a0 Ideally it would have been lowered to 1,500mg as is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for people that are over 50, have hypertension, or are African American.\u00a0\u00a0 Daily Values are typically based on the most vulnerable populations. \u00a0It would be ideal if that applied to this proposed change.<\/p>\n
If you are as excited as I am about seeing these new Nutrition Facts labels hit the shelves, you might want to check your enthusiasm.\u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t expect to see them until 2018 as it may take a while to finalize the rule and industry has two years for implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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