With added sugar drawing a lot of consumer attention these days, a new proposed nutrition label may help allay their concerns.
Last week, FDA proposed including the percent daily value (%DV) for added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label of packaged foods to give consumers additional information for added sugars in the same way the values of nutrients like sodium and fat have been shared for decades. The proposed rule is a supplement to the March 2014 proposed rule on updates to the Nutrition Facts label, in which FDA proposed food companies should include added sugars on their labels. However, this rule did not include a statement of the percent daily value.