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Calorie counts would appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers would know for the first time whether foods have added sugars.
Under the Obama administration's plan, labels would also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving.
Under the plans, a 20oz (0.5kg) container of soda would count as one serving, rather than 2.5 servings, as it is currently.
The serving size listed on ice cream cartons, currently half a cup, would increase to one cup.
The food label revisions would also include mandatory potassium and vitamin D amounts.
BBC News - Michelle Obama to promote plan for food label overhaul
Calorie counts would appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers would know for the first time whether foods have added sugars.
Under the Obama administration's plan, labels would also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving.
Under the plans, a 20oz (0.5kg) container of soda would count as one serving, rather than 2.5 servings, as it is currently.
The serving size listed on ice cream cartons, currently half a cup, would increase to one cup.
The food label revisions would also include mandatory potassium and vitamin D amounts.
BBC News - Michelle Obama to promote plan for food label overhaul
Calorie counts would appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers would know for the first time whether foods have added sugars.
Under the Obama administration's plan, labels would also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving.
Under the plans, a 20oz (0.5kg) container of soda would count as one serving, rather than 2.5 servings, as it is currently.
The serving size listed on ice cream cartons, currently half a cup, would increase to one cup.
The food label revisions would also include mandatory potassium and vitamin D amounts.
BBC News - Michelle Obama to promote plan for food label overhaul
I like the change personally. It won't effect me because I rarely eat processed foods.
It's so silly really . . . do any of us know anyone who, when they go get some ice cream, serve themselves a half-cup? "Typical serving sizes" are a lot more truthful.
I think the FDA could get more involved with fast-food nutrition information. Yeah, it's there now, but it should be on every food item they serve. Right on the package. In a type-size people can read.
Edit: Until we all begin to get educated about processed foods, we will continue having an obesity epidemic in our country. Food manufacturers who make processed foods are making chum, not food. Carefully engineered and crafted in laboratories to produce cravings and to not stop eating when we're full. It's a shame, really.
They purposely make processed foods addicting and we have restaurants that think portion size is for 300lb+, 6'8" athletes.
Maybe some believe this great.
I have tired of the patriarchal pandering poppycock of purported protective policies pained upon a pusillanimous and properly penitent populace who postures prostrate to the penultimate posits of plutocracy.
Simply, I do not desire or need protection from myself.
Enjoy life
Thom Paine
I like restaurants like that, what I don't eat in the restaurant, I take home for supper. Two meals for the price of one.
I like restaurants like that, what I don't eat in the restaurant, I take home for supper. Two meals for the price of one.
Making the labels easier to read is a good idea, as is eliminating the misleading "portion size" game that some of the manufacturers like to play. If a package that most people would eat in a single setting contains 3 "servings", and the calorie count is 300 per serving, let's be honest and admit that there are 900 calories in a package. Some people will do the math, others will just glance at the calorie count.
Oh, and I have a great free app on my phone called "Fooducate". Scan the bar code, and it grades the food item for nutritional value on a D to A rating. It's free, and I recommend it for anyone interested in what is really going into their bodies.
Next step: That chicken that is slaughtered in North America and sent to China for processing: Let's insist that it be labeled as a product of China and not of North America.
Calorie counts would appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers would know for the first time whether foods have added sugars.
Under the Obama administration's plan, labels would also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving.
Under the plans, a 20oz (0.5kg) container of soda would count as one serving, rather than 2.5 servings, as it is currently.
The serving size listed on ice cream cartons, currently half a cup, would increase to one cup.
The food label revisions would also include mandatory potassium and vitamin D amounts.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26371692
Making the labels easier to read is a good idea, as is eliminating the misleading "portion size" game that some of the manufacturers like to play. If a package that most people would eat in a single setting contains 3 "servings", and the calorie count is 300 per serving, let's be honest and admit that there are 900 calories in a package. Some people will do the math, others will just glance at the calorie count.
Oh, and I have a great free app on my phone called "Fooducate". Scan the bar code, and it grades the food item for nutritional value on a D to A rating. It's free, and I recommend it for anyone interested in what is really going into their bodies.
Next step: That chicken that is slaughtered in North America and sent to China for processing: Let's insist that it be labeled as a product of China and not of North America.
If a package that most people would eat in a single setting contains 3 "servings", and the calorie count is 300 per serving, let's be honest and admit that there are 900 calories in a package. Some people will do the math, others will just glance at the calorie count.
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