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Exhibit 555

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030

Exhibit 555 · Policy document

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030

These Guidelines mark the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in our nation’s history.

Ten-page edition. Keeps 'saturated fat consumption should not exceed 10% of total daily calories,' recommends full-fat dairy with no added sugars, protein of 1.2-1.6 g per kg per day, red meat among protein sources, and lists 'butter or beef tallow' among cooking fats.

Source
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture
Date
7 January 2026
Quoted from
Message from the Secretaries, p. 1
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding AGR-4.12
Primary record In January 2026 HHS and USDA replaced the 2025 advisory committee report as the evidence base with a review by nine external reviewers selected through a federal contracting process. The departments' disclosure table lists funding or fees from beef, pork or dairy organizations for four of the nine.