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In new zealand we have http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/consumer/labelling/panels/Pages/default.aspx http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/consumer/labelling/panels
by keithnz 9y ago
In new zealand we have http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/consumer/labelling/panels/Pages/default.aspx http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/consumer/labelling/panels/P...
and Mcdonalds for instance... https://mcdonalds.co.nz/sites/mcdonalds.co.nz/files/Nutrition-Information-2-May-2018.pdf https://mcdonalds.co.nz/sites/mcdonalds.co.nz/files/Nutritio...
which is great if you care about it. But generally if you care about such things you have a pretty good idea for most foods anyways. Though, there are a few foods that it's not entirely obvious there's lots of sugar in them.
- keithnz 9y agoMaybe it's just me because I don't know how the US works, but when trying to find the official information for this, it seems like none of the news agencies I found via googling reference official information, they just reference their own news about things officials said. Eventually I found a reference to a fda document. Seemed painful to find though. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/UCM461963.pdf https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/Guidan...
- pkaye 9y agoThe USDA already keeps a publically available food database (https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list) of most of this information. Its just that now restaurants need to make it more prominent at the time of order.
- PinkMilkshake 9y agoYeah, I remember when US products like Dr Pepper first started showing up in NZ they would have a sticky label over the top of the nutrition info with a more compliant one.