Significance of Nutrition Facts Label of Food Products with Critical Updates by FDA on Nutrition Facts Label

Abstract

Background and Objective: Nutrition Facts Label is a mandatory act adopted by FDA to be implemented by all food manufacturers to ensure perfect labeling of all food products with nutritional ingredients provided on the front of pack (FOP) to support healthy eating behaviors. Sign i ficance of Nutrition Facts Label with its update by FDA were highlighted here to recommend the implementation of the prompt updating of the Nutrition Facts Label on all food products. Materials and Methods: A survey was carried out in the local markets in three different countries, Egypt, India and Iran in the last 3 years (2020-2022) to check the Nutrition Facts Label on the front of pack (FOP) of different categories of food products to check the consistency and variation in their printing on FOP. The well-structured publications and official documents of FDA were studied thoroughly to extract the valuable updated data to be presented in an informative and concise way. Results: From the recent official document of FDA issued in 2022 regarding the changes on the new nutrition and supplement facts labels, many changes listed beginning with the structure of the Nutrition Facts Label with many changes in daily value of nutrients by increase or decrease with addition of two new nutrients (added sugars and choline) which were not present in FDA, 2018. Conclusion: The current paper successfully presents very important updates on Nutrition Facts Label by FDA to be implemented by all food manufacturers under the control of official regulatory authorities and to be available for all people in order to endorse healthier eating behavior.