With the release of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans earlier this year followed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new Nutrition Facts label, many changes are instore for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers. Among those changes, mainstream media has given its share of attention to one ingredient category: sugar.
The new guidelines suggest that consumers should receive only 10 percent of their daily calories from added sugars. They also note that Americans currently consume almost 270 calories, or more than 13 percent of their calories, from added sugars.