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Elizabeth prann is live with more. we're waiting on word from the white house. what can we expect. >> reporter: we expect to hear from the first lady like you said who will formally announcing label changes. it will however not happen overnight, could be some time, even years before we see the gradual change. there are about 700,000 products that need to be updated. some of the more significant examples we'll see are the calorie font size and accurate representation of the serving size as well as added sugars and certain vitamin content. you will be able to see the number of calories pretty cl...

Years ago everything was about fat. don't eat fat. we switched everything to fat-free. but a lot of these companies started to put sugar in there. you have high fructose corn syrup. now the fda is zooming in on this saying let's change the labels. they want to bring them to the front. that is a nice one. instead of grams. nobody understands what the amount of grams is in this country, switch to calories, pounds, something we can understand. serving size. amount of calories, sugar and amount of wheat you have. these are helpful stuff. is it going to revolutionize the way we are going to eat? my...

It raises the point of portion control. mega amounts of green can also be bad for you as well. how do we know how much of something -- what is moderation? >> that is a very good point. if you look at the labels. serving size, they tell you how much you have to take. we don't really understand it. the truth is people are using a lot more, eating more and so they are going to address this in some of these labels that's going to change. i think more detail, better placement, just come to our color code, 20 years is a long time to go without any modification. >> at least if you're making the effor...

Versions? christine romans is here with a look at this. what kind of changes are we talking about? >> health experts have been advising the fda and talking to the government about how to make this clear. for example, grams. a lot of people don't know how many grams are in something. how many grams of sugar. they don't quite get it. they don't know how to differentiate different kind of grams. i want to show you -- the label as it is now. for tomato sauce. this is what it looks like. can barely read it. serving size four united stateses. that's an eight ounce can of tomato sauce. here's a poten...

Doesn't open until 5:00. so we're closed. a few years ago you find packages liking the without a nutritional label and now they're on just about everything you buy in the grocery store, and some people make think argument they should be. and feds say the bottle of whiskey should have the nutritional value. the idea is the federal ruling that beer, wines, spirits companies, put the label on the bottles, serving size, calories, carb, fat content. voluntary. people on the street say moe of this stuff wouldn't factor into what they drink. >> having that awareness helps you make better decisions an...