{"id":15446,"date":"2020-05-07T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=15446"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:27:30","slug":"whats-going-on-with-daily-values-on-food-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/whats-going-on-with-daily-values-on-food-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Going on with Daily Values on Food Labels?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vrg-logo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vrg-logo-4.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vrg-logo-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods is being\nupdated. New labels are being phased in. As of January 1, 2020, large\nmanufacturers \u2013 those with $10 million or more in annual sales &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp;were\nrequired to switch to the new label by January 1, 2020. Smaller manufacturers\nhave until January 1, 2021 to comply. This means that for the time being, you\nmay see a mix of new and old versions of the labels at stores. A sign that you\nare looking at the new version of the label is that it includes added sugars,\nvitamin D, and potassium. These were not required to be included in the older\nversion of labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily Values are established by the FDA. The Daily Value for\na nutrient is a single value, often similar to the Recommended Dietary\nAllowance (RDA), that is selected to be used for the labels of foods and\nsupplements.&nbsp; Daily values are amounts of\nnutrients that people are recommended to consume or not to exceed each day. The\nDaily Value may be somewhat different from the amount of a nutrient you need.\nFor example, the RDA for calcium for adults ranges from 1,000 milligrams for\nyounger adults to 1,300 milligrams for pregnant and lactating women. The new\nDaily Value for calcium is set at 1,300 milligrams.&nbsp; If you are a young adult, you would not have\nto get 1,300 milligrams, but the label could still help you to see whether a\nfood is high in calcium. The label actually provides the %Daily Value so that\nconsumers can see how much (what percentage) a serving of the product\ncontributes to reaching the Daily Value. The new labels give both the %Daily\nValue and the actual amount of the nutrient in a product. For example, the\nNutrition Facts label for 1 cup serving of one brand of fortified soy milk says\nthat it has 450 mg of calcium, 30% DV (note that this %DV is rounded since 390\nmg is actually 34% of 1300 mg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calcium is one example of a nutrient whose Daily Value has\nincreased. Others include potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin D. Nutrients whose\nDaily Value has decreased include zinc and vitamin B12. These changes don\u2019t\nmean that an individual\u2019s need for the nutrient has changed; rather, the change\nis with the amount on the label. You can see all of the changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/new-nutrition-facts-label\/daily-value-new-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD The Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods is being updated. New labels are being phased in. As of January 1, 2020, large manufacturers \u2013 those with $10 million or more in annual sales &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp;were required to switch to the new label by January 1, 2020. Smaller manufacturers have until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15448,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446\/revisions\/15448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}