On Jan. 1, the Food and Drug Administration's new nutrition labeling rules kick in, ushering in a host of changes to the way that manufacturers are required to label packaged foods. Perhaps most notably, new guidelines require two side-by-side columns: one with nutritional information for a single
On Jan. 1, the Food and Drug Administration's new nutrition labeling rules kick in, ushering in a host of changes to the way that manufacturers are required to label packaged foods.
"We know that Americans are eating differently, and the amount of calories and nutrients on the label is required to reflect what people actually eat and drink," Claudine Kavanaugh, director of nutrition and food labeling in the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said in a statement.
With foods that can reasonably be consumed in one sitting, like a pint of ice cream,"the serving size is not what you think it is," Kitchin said."It's a really good change because so many times I've talked with consumers who were deceived by that." Differentiating between naturally occurring and added sugar could also clear up confusion among Americans who think that all sugar is bad for them.
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