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Daily Value for Added Sugars Coming to Food Labels in'Web MD', Brenda Goodman, MA, Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on July 24, 2015

Excerpts:
"Food manufacturers will be required to tell consumers how much sugar is added to their products and show how the amount compares to recommended daily limits under new changes to nutrition labels proposed by the FDA on Friday.

Many nutritionists and public health experts blame rising amounts of added sugars in processed foods for contributing to rising rates of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.

But it can be tough to tell how much of the sweet stuff is in processed foods. Nutrition labels only tally total sugars, a measure that includes both those naturally present in foods like fruits and vegetables and those that are added during manufacturing."

"Specifically, regulators are proposing that people limit the added sugar they eat to no more than 10% of their total daily calories. For a person who eats 2,000 calories a day, that’s about 12 teaspoons of sugar a day. A teaspoon of sugar is about 16 calories.

Studies show that the average American now takes in almost twice that much sugar -- 22 teaspoons -- each day, which amounts to an extra 350 calories."

"The food industry has lobbied hard to keep added sugars off food labels. Public policy experts say they expect significant pushback on the changes.

“I expect the food industry -- led by the Grocery Manufacturers Association -- to go berserk over this one,” says Marion Nestle, PhD, in an email to WebMD. Nestle is a professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University. She predicts food makers will go to Congress to try to block the changes."

Article at:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/20150724/daily-added-sugars-labels?page=2