YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM A LABEL.
Dietary supplements play an important role in good nutrition. They help people get all the nutrients they need and live healthier lives. Because of changes in the American diet and updates in nutrition science, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—a key regulator of foods and dietary supplements—mandated new label requirements for these types of products with deadlines in 2020 and 2021. Learn more about what’s changed…
WHY TAKE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS?
-
Nutrient gaps and how dietary supplements can help fill them
-
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for supplementation
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
New Daily Values
To reflect the latest nutrition science and changes in American diets, Daily Values are changing. For example, in 2016, FDA established new Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for choline.
New Measurements
The amounts of vitamins A, D, and E will change from amounts in International Units or IU, to the more common measures of milligrams (mg) and micrograms (mcg).
Folic Acid
Folic acid will be listed as folate and measured in micrograms of dietary folate equivalents of DFEs.
Sugar
If sugar is added to the product, you will see the amount and percent daily value.
