The FDA wants to revise the Nutrition Facts label to give us consumers more useful information and help to fight the national obesity epidemic. One proposal on the table is to modify parts of the label, providing more accurate serving sizes, including a much greater emphasis on calories and a diminished role in the daily values (%DV) for substances like fat, sodium and carbohydrates.
Right now, its the latest attempt to improve the way we Americans view food and make the choices about what we eat.
We actually have been expecting changes for years (over 5) and several of these changes could be proposed as early as late 2011. The FDA will likely not make a big overhaul to the label, but with changes, it will provide a shift to create a more useful nutritional snapshot of the foods we consume on a daily basis.
Right now, its the latest attempt to improve the way we Americans view food and make the choices about what we eat.
We actually have been expecting changes for years (over 5) and several of these changes could be proposed as early as late 2011. The FDA will likely not make a big overhaul to the label, but with changes, it will provide a shift to create a more useful nutritional snapshot of the foods we consume on a daily basis.
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