Change to US Nutrition Panels

Products from the US on our supermarket shelves are going to look a bit different from June 2018 with all companies required to have the changes made by July 2019.

The Nutrition Panels on US foods are about to change. This is the first change in 20 years and introduces significant adjustments.

These changes include;

• An increase in type size for “calories”, “servings per container” and “serving size”. The number of calories and “serving size” declaration must be bolded
• Manufacturers must declare the amount of Vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium. They must declare the percent Daily Value of these vitamins and minerals
• The footnote will change to better explain what percent Daily value means
• “Added sugars” must be declared in grams and as percent Daily Value
• Vitamin A and C are no longer required to be on panels
• “Calories from Fat” will be removed
• Serving sizes must be based on the amount of food and drinks people typically eat, not what they should be eating
• Food and beverages with one to two serving sizes, the calories and other nutrients will be required to be labelled as one serving size as most people will eat and drink this amount of food in one setting

With the introduction of the new Country of Origin labelling for Australian food products and these US changes, shoppers are about to see quite a lot of changes to the packaging of their favourite foods.