FDSCTE 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dietary Supplement, Nutrition Facts Label, Unit
11 Sep 2018
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Food label purpose: help consumers make informed food choices and maintain healthy dietary practices. Influences number of calories and amounts of nutrients. Measure of how much energy gained per serving. Yellow section can increase your risk of chronic diseases; keep intake low. Based of recommendations for key nutrients for a. Helps determine if a serving of food is high/low in a nutrient. Full footnote will include values in appropriate units for a 2000-2500 calorie diet. Saying to eat at least or less than a certain amount for the total calorie diet. **in 2020 a new nutrition label proposed by fda. The actual amounts of calcium, iron, potassium, vitamin d and added sugars to be listed in addition to their % dv as they are now nutrients of public health significance. A larger font size for calories to make the number more. A clearer explanation of percent daily value (%dv).
