Coming to a shelf near you: The new Nutrition Facts labels
The new Nutrition Facts labels on food packages will have a refreshed design to help consumers make healthier food choices. Among the changes are a larger, bold type style for information about calories, servings per container, and serving sizes. Serving sizes will be changed to reflect the amounts of food people actually eat. The labels will remove the “calories from fat” line while continuing to list types of fat. And for the first time, the label will include a line about added sugars, so consumers will know how many grams of sweeteners have been added to foods during processing.
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