Servings size in bolder font. Updated serving sizes. Calories in larger font. Updated daily values. Added Sugars. Changes in required nutrients with actual amounts. And a new and easier-to-understand footnote that better explains percent Daily Value. The new label features: "During the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, 1,500 American soldiers lost a limb in combat. During that same period, 1.5 million Americans lost a limb in surgical amputation due to Type 2 diabetes." Quote from article written by Dr Dean Schillinger, MD at http://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/why- sugar-matters.html#.XegZ8uhKg2w While product labels list total sugar content, manufacturers are not required to say whether that total includes added sugar, which makes it difficult to know how much of the total comes from added sugar and how much is naturally occurring in ingredients such as fruit or milk. That makes it very difficult to account for how much added sugar we're consuming. Daily Added Sugar Limits.......How much sugar is ok: Women: 6 tsp. (25g) Men: 9 tsp. (38g) Children: 3-6 tsp. (12-25g) recommendation from the American Heart Association Original Label vs New Label: Side by side Comaparrison The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the Nutrition Facts label. You may already be seeing the new label on food and beverage packages in local stores. DID YOU KNOW? www.holisticlivingllc.com In 1822, the average American ate the amount of sugar found in one of today's 12-ounce sodas every 5 days. Now, we eat that much every 7 hours.