On May 27, 2016, the FDA announced a number of significant changes to nutrition facts labels for packaged foods based on new nutritional and scientific information, evolving diets and dietary needs and to account for the links between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease.
The goal of the new label is to make it easier for consumers to make better-informed food choices, and to more accurately reflect the eating habits of the American population.
The new label makes several small but significant updates that will provide consumers with more accurate information about the food products they buy. Here are some of the most notable changes…