“We believe the new federal government dietary guidelines will benefit Americans who are looking to make changes in their eating habits and improve their overall health.
Today’s supermarkets play an integral role in helping customers lead healthy lives by offering a wide variety of nutritious foods and providing health and wellness information through in-store dietitians, nutritionists, pharmacists, classes, and health screenings.
The Nutrition Keys initiative, a voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labeling system announced by FMI and the Grocery Manufacturers Association last week, will help shoppers implement the Dietary Guidelines by including information about sodium, saturated fat, calories and sugar on the front of food and beverage packages beginning later this year. The icon will inform consumers about how the nutrients in each product fit into a balanced and healthy diet as part of the new federal daily dietary guidelines, including up to two nutrients to encourage such as potassium, dietary fiber, calcium and vitamin D.”
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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