With the U.S. government asking Americans to reduce their consumption of added sugars, dairy processors seek formulation solutions from ingredient suppliers.
One of the most attention-grabbing features of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is the conclusion that added sugars should contribute less than 10% of the calories a person takes in on a typical day. Not to be outdone, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a dedicated “added sugars” line on a soon-to-be-updated Nutrition Facts panel.
The DGAs, as they are known, influence everything from federal nutrition policy and school-lunch menus to the advice that doctors give patients. They also affect how the food industry develops products. They were issued in January by the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services.