A look at the nutrition facts label

Published January 24, 2014 9:23am ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The nutrition facts label has been required on the back of packaged foods for the last 20 years. Now the Food and Drug Administration is planning to update it. Here’s what consumers will find today if they turn over their food packages:

— Serving size and servings per container. This is the first thing on the label and is designed to help consumers know how much of the nutrients they are consuming. The FDA hasn’t said how they will change the label, but they may list all nutrition information by the serving and by the container and adjust recommended serving sizes for some foods.

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