[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]FDA proposes Daily value label for added sugars[/title][fusion_text]Monday, July 27th 2015
In an effort to get Americans to cut sugar consumption, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing to require nutrition labels to disclose the content of added sugars as a percentage of a recommended daily limit. That recommended daily limit, or Daily Reference Value, would be set at 10 percent of total energy intake from added sugars. Putting the percentage on the Nutrition Facts Label “would help consumers make informed choices for themselves and their families,” FDA said. The proposal expands on earlier changes to the Nutrition Facts label that the agency released in 2014. The daily limit is equivalent to 12 teaspoons of added sugar a day, so a 20-ounce soda would exceed that by 30 percent, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group. CSPI supports the plan but also is urging FDA to require sugar content to be listed in teaspoons rather than grams. In a proposed rule, FDA said its plan is based on consumer research as well as findings by the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which recommended food labels list added sugars as a percentage of the daily value. The International Dairy Association also feels that a separate listing of added sugars is unwarranted. In comments filed a year ago on the original proposal, IDFA said there is no scientific support for distinguishing between “added sugar” and “naturally occurring” sugars.
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