date:Jul 29, 2015
Last week, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the United States Food and Drug Administration called for a change in nutrition facts labeling. The agency is proposing that, in addition to calling out the total grams of added sugar on nutrition facts panels, that total also be compared to a daily reference value of 50 grams and expressed as a percent daily value.
I was gratified to get an early tip about this proposal and an invitation to write a column like this from staff at th