Abstract
The new labeling regulations announced by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2016 that go into effect in 2020 will impact on the label and labeling Daily Values (DVs) of almost all packaged food and beverage labels, and 52% of dietary supplement labels. The article summarizes the important implications of these revisions for health professionals, industry, and consumers. The revised DVs express the levels of nutrients in percentages on the label versus a Dietary Reference Intake standard, and these percentages differ from those on the older labels. The number of vitamin and minerals with DVs on the label has increased from 19 to 27. Recommended amounts and the units in which they are expressed reflect the Dietary Reference Intake recommendations given in recent National Academies reports.