NUTRITION EDUCATION AND LABELING ACT In 1990, Congress passed a Nutrition Education and Labeling Act requiring most foods, including eggs, to carry a nutrition label. Differing from previous label formats, the new labels express nutrients as a percentage of Daily Values (DVs) for a 2,000-calorie diet instead of U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (U.S. RDAs).
Eggs are produced by nature, not processed according to a man-made formula, and may differ somewhat in nutrient content based on the individual hen and her diet, even within the same size. Based on assay figures and labeling rounding rules for nutrients, a label on a typical 1-dozen carton of Large eggs might read as follows:
