New nutrition labels

[WannaBePro]

http://www.glamour.com/story/new-nutrition-labels-what-to-know

Michelle Obama announced some major FDA changes to nutrition labels yesterday, including a new requirement that lists added sugars. It's the first time in more than 20 years that there have been revisions to the labels, and the changes—which should all be in place by July 26, 2019—are pretty significant.

Serving sizes have been updated based on how much people actually eat—and it looks like we're eating more than we used to, at least of the not-great stuff. A pint of ice cream has three servings now instead of four, and a 12-ounce bottle of soda is listed as one serving—as is a 20 ounce bottle, because the FDA found that people typically consume either size in one sitting. Conversely, yogurt's serving size is going from eight ounces to six. Obviously this is great for a reality check, but the fact that determining serving sizes is, by law, done by how much people are actually eating needs to be emphasized—otherwise it seems like there's a good chance that people will continue to see serving sizes as guidelines for what they should be eating. And as much as we love a third of a pint of ice cream, that's probably not the case.
Larger, bolder, and bigger type for things like serving size, calories, and servings per container. This helps people spot important info more quickly.
Added sugars will be included under "Total Sugars." Right now, according to the FDA, Americans get about 13 percent of their total calories from added sugars, though usually anything about 10 percent can be hard to work within a healthy diet. For those trying to lose weight (or just improve general health), cutting calories from added sugars is a good step to take.
Hello, vitamin D and potassium; goodbye, vitamins A and C. The FDA determines what nutrients go on the label based on food consumption surveys. In the early '90s, Americans didn't get enough A and C, but now that we do, including these vitamins will be voluntary. Now, it turns out that we're short on vitamin D, which helps bone health, and potassium, which helps to lower blood pressure, so you'll start seeing those on each and every label. Additionally, nutrients will be listed by the actual amount found in each serving, rather than just the percentage.
A new footnote. Maybe not the most exciting bit, but it explains a little better what the Daily Value is.

Old (on the left) vs new (on the right) labels:


Me, personally, I'm all for this. The [added] sugar part is what I'm most concerned about, and they finally list the daily recommended value of sugar (not that it matters to lifters, as our DV is different than for the general public). But, hey, at least this is a good start.

[NickEdge779]

This won't do anything to improve the obesity epidemic. The reason they are obese is because they don't give a shit about nutrition. By making the font bigger, it does absolutely nothing to a person who doesn't even know what a nutrition label normally looks like anyway. Ignorance and laziness causes obesity, not too small of font on nutrition labels

[El Diablo Blanco]

Let me guess. Republicans want to stop this because it goes against our rights but are also pushing to ban abortion across the country.  Bunch of fucking assholes.

I like the new label.

[SF1900]

I don't think the problem is that the numbers/words are not big enough.

I think the problem is that people don't understand how to read labels and understand them.

Making them bigger/bold may draw peoples attention to it, but the next step is to research what it actually means.

[Thong Maniac]

Let me guess. Republicans want to stop this because it goes against our rights but are also pushing to ban abortion across the country.  Bunch of fucking assholes.

I like the new label.

love the fetus, hate the welfare baby = conservamorons

love how they want no govt regulations, but love govt regulations on what people do regarding their genitals. its laughable

morality policing dolts. hopefully trump changes out the old republican guard on this stuff, and changes the party, so normal well educated people will vote R again. it wont happen until social issues are left alone by the R party. college educated and younger generations will never vote for this moronic shit ( R should realize this after losing 2 elections now...)

[drkaje]

The sugar industry spent nearly $200M fighting this in the 90s.

Labels on soft drink cans should look very interesting.

[milone79]

I don't think the problem is that the numbers/words are not big enough.

I think the problem is that people don't understand how to read labels and understand them.

Making them bigger/bold may draw peoples attention to it, but the next step is to research what it actually means.

and also that people have no fucking grasp as to how many calories or how little I should say they burn in their sedentary lives....brb just killed it at the gym for 45 minutes that should erase the McDonalds I had for lunch.....lmao

[SF1900]

and also that people have no fucking grasp as to how many calories or how little I should say they burn in their sedentary lives....brb just killed it at the gym for 45 minutes that should erase the McDonalds I had for lunch.....lmao

Yes, people have this weird notion that they can eat anything they like as long as they go to the gym.

Furthermore, most people do not take time to read the labels. Can you imagine a parent walking into the grocery store with 4 kids and trying to read each label? 

[El Diablo Blanco]

Shit is still stupid in that a small bottle of coke, juice or Gatorade is considered 2 1/2 servings.  Calories are based on the serving and not the entire bottle.  Like someone is going to drink 1/5th of the bottle to gauge their calories.  I bought frozen meatballs and the bag had over 100 meatballs but the serving size was 2 meatballs.  Really?  Who the fuck just eats 2 meatballs?

[Rami]

oh, calories, I'm so scared 

[WannaBePro]

I've actually had this discussion with by brother the other day.
I don't think the problem is how things are listed on labels or how big the font is, the problem is lack of education. I remember my bro and I were at ikea and he bought one of those chocolate bar blocks. He told me to guess how many calories and how many carbs/sugars are in it without me looking at the nutrition panel, obviously. I got the calories exactly spot on, and I think I was off on the carb content by 2 grams. That's what nutrition education does, it gives you the knowledge of how many calories/macros you're consuming. But the general public has no idea. They can't estimate caloric intake to save their life. And when they say "I eat 2000 calories" that could easily mean 4000 calories. My solution to this is very simple. Put nutrition classes into high school curriculum. When I was in grade 7 we had home ec, I don't think that's even offered anymore. There are two things high schools should be teaching people at the very minimum: nutrition, and how to file taxes. Those are the essentials for ANY adult. They need to know how to cook and they need to know how not to get fucked by the government come tax season.

[calfzilla]

Every food label over 10000 calories needs to have a pic of a fatty on it as a warning. 

[milone79]

Shit is still stupid in that a small bottle of coke, juice or Gatorade is considered 2 1/2 servings.  Calories are based on the serving and not the entire bottle.  Like someone is going to drink 1/5th of the bottle to gauge their calories.  I bought frozen meatballs and the bag had over 100 meatballs but the serving size was 2 meatballs.  Really?  Who the fuck just eats 2 meatballs?

truth!!!!

[WannaBePro]

Every food label over 10000 calories needs to have a pic of a fatty on it as a warning. 

I'm on board with this! LOL
And fuck that "per serving" shit. Just list it for the package unless the package contains like 1000g of whatever it is. WTF do they expect me to do? Break out measuring cups and a kitchen scale to calculate one serving?!
I even noticed with pop tarts. The box comes with these sachets of 2 pop tarts in each, yet the nutrition panel lists it for 1 pop tart. Really? If I'm opening a package with 2 of them, I expect to eat both. At least they're not listing it for 28g of the pastry, so I can't complain too much I guess.

[HTexan]

The added sugar is cool.