Some of the items in your grocery basket could lose their “healthy” designation under proposed guideline changes from the Food and Drug Administration.
Trade groups representing big food companies are pushing back again the change, STAT News reported on Tuesday. Their complaint: That the changes would leave very few of their products in the “healthy” category.
Under the proposed changes, “healthy” foods would have to mostly contain one of the food groups in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, such as whole grains. They would also have to contain lower amounts of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars.
Those changes mean that food companies could no longer market white bread as well as sugary cereals and yogurt as “healthy,” according to the FDA.
Other foods, including avocados, nuts and seeds, water, and high-fat fish such as salmon would be considered “healthy” under the new guidelines even though they aren’t currently.
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