The greatest U.S. regulatory change to affect packaging in the last 20 years was recently completed. The Nutrition Facts Table (NFT), seen on all food and beverage products sold in the US, is changing – and all companies with revenues over $10 million must comply by updating every piece of packaging artwork that contains an NFT before July 2018. This is a complex challenge due to the tremendous volume of work and the need to ensure the label layout is exactly as described by the FDA.
Changes to the new NFT include a refreshed design with a number of nutritional modifications. (See Image 1.) Some of the key differences include: