What’s New in Labels – Nutrition Info Box

In my post a few months ago, I mentioned that labels in Europe, Mexico and Canada currently have front-of-package nutrition labeling. And now the FDA has issued a proposed rule on front-of-label packaging (FOP) nutrition labeling that will help consumers quickly and easily identify how foods can be part of a healthy diet.

The FDA is working to help empower consumers to build nutritious diets that support health and wellness. We are facing an epidemic of diet-related diseases that are preventable with a healthy diet that does not include heavily processed foods.

The proposed FOP nutrition label, referred to as the Nutrition Info box, would complement the nutrition information that is required on food packages. The result would be displaying simple nutrition information that details saturated fat, sodium and added sugar content of a food as low, medium or high on the front of food packages.

The Nutrition Info box will help people identify a food that is lower in added sugar and fats. I personally think this is a great idea, as the quality of processed food has continued to decline.

We’ll see if this happens this year as expected, The Food Industry is of course is fighting the passage because they do not want transparency.

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