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FDA Survey: Consumers Do Check The Food Nutrition Label

May 6, 2016: 12:00 AM EST
An FDA health and diet survey regarding the usefulness of food label nutrition information found that 78 percent check the label at least sometimes before purchasing, and 50 percent check it most of the time or always. The agency is putting the finishing touches on a new version of the ubiquitous nutrition facts label found on foods and beverages to help achieve the goal of reducing obesity and salt intake. Almost 90 percent of adults surveyed indicated they consumed more sodium than was healthy. Seventy-five percent said supermarket foods had more, or about the same amount of, sodium they did five years ago.
Chung-Tung Jordan Lin et al., "2014 FDA Health and Diet Survey", U.S. Food and Drug Administration, May 06, 2016, © Jordan Lin et al.
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