HealthSmart's FDA chat defines your snack bar's 'net carbs

Key points

• HealthSmart Foods, a maker of low-carb products, met with the FDA to discuss nutrition labeling rules.
• The FDA has the ultimate authority to decide how nutritional claims like "net carbs" are defined and used on food packaging.
• The meeting is a direct example of a regulated company seeking to influence the rules it profits from.
• The public record of the meeting does not detail any financial transactions or guarantee any change in policy.
• The next thing to watch is whether the FDA takes any action on the long-standing regulatory docket related to this issue.

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