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Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels (CH4) Flashcards

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Nutritional Labeling

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In 1993, the FDA published rules for nutrition labeling and implementing and revisions of the new standards have been going on since then

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Lists a standardized reasonable…

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Portion

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Upfront listing of…

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Total calories and calories from fat

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The % Daily Value shows how…

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Food fits into the overall diet and indicates the percentage of the recommended daily amounts contributed by a serving of the food

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How are Grams (g) counted?

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In “total fat” or “total carbs”

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Also lists % Daily Values for…

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2 vitamins and 2 minerals most likely to be lacking in the diet of todays consumers

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Nutrition Facts Label

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Found on packaged foods and beverages is your daily tool for making informed food choices that contribute to healthy lifelong eating habits

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Servings per Container

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Shows the total number of servings in the entire food packaging or container
(One package of food may be more than one serving

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Serving Size

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  • Based on the amount of food that is customarily eaten at one time and is not a recommendation of how much to eat
  • Usually based on one serving but some may have per package
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Calories

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The total number in a serving of food to maintain a healthy body weight (Balance the number of calories you eat and drink with the number of calories your body uses; 2,000 calories a day is used as a general guide)

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As a general guide for calories:

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  • 100 cal/serving of an individual packaged food is considered moderate
  • 400 cal/serving or more of an individual packaged food is considered high
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% Daily Value

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Shows how much of a nutrient is in a serving of the food contributes to a total daily diet (Use % DV to determine if a serving of food is high or low in an individual nutrient and to compare food products with same serving size)

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As a general guide for %DV:

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  • 5% DV or less of a nutrient per serving is considered low

- 20% DV or more of a nutrient per serving is considered high

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Nutrients

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The nutrition facts label can help you learn about, compare, and monitor the nutrients in many foods in your diet

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Nutrients to get less Saturated Fat, Sodium, and added Sugar

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Compare and choose foods to get less than 100% DV of these nutrients each day

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Nutrients to get more Dietary Fiber, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron, and Potassium

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Compare and choose foods to get 100% DV of these nutrients on most days

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Nutritional Facts Panel

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Provide specific information about caloric value, nutrition content and ingredients

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New labels highlights content of… (Nutritional Facts Panel)

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Fat, Saturated, Trans Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron and Potassium

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If the packages makes a claim about a food’s content of a particular nutrient that is not on the mandatory list then…
(Nutritional Facts Panel)

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if the packages makes a claim about a food’s content of a particular nutrient that is not on the mandatory list then info about that nutrient must be added to the panel

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Daily Values

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-standards level of dietary intake of nutrients developed specifically for use on nutrition labels (based on earlier editions of RDAs and scientific consensus recommendations)
-Based on a 2000 calorie diet
(60% carbohydrate, 30% fat, 10% protein)

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Nutrition Content

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  • Claims can only be trusted if they are approved by the FDA

- May need to make dietary trade off using the % DV

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Low Fat (Nutrition Content)

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Must contain 3 grams of fat or less per serving

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Lean Meat (Nutrition Content)

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Must contain less than 10 grams of fat (4.5 of saturated and trans fat combined

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Highs and Lows (Nutrition Content)

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5% or less = low

20% or more = high

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Term: More (Nutrient Content Claims)

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At least 10% more of the Daily value for a vitamin, mineral, protein, dietary fiber

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Term: Good Source (Nutrient Content Claims)

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From 10-19% of the daily value for a particular nutrient

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Term: High (Nutrient Content Claims)

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More than 20% of the daily value of a nutrient

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Term: Low Calorie (Nutrient Content Claims)

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40 calories or less

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Term: Low sodium (Nutrient Content Claims)

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140 grams or less sodium

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Term: Low Fat (Nutrient Content Claims)

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3 Grams or less of fat

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Term: Less Sugar (Nutrient Content Claims)

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At least 25% less sugar than similar product

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Term: Free (Nutrient Content Claims)

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No or negligible amount of fat, sugar, trans fat, sodium

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Term: Gluten Free (Nutrient Content Claims)

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Less than 20 parts per million of gluten

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Undefined Claims

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  • Natural/ all natural
  • Pure
  • Antibiotic free / raised with out antibiotics
  • Additive free
  • Pesticide free
  • Hormone free/ raised without hormones
  • No cholesterol
  • Free range
  • Eco friendly
  • Pasture fed
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Enrichment (Labeling: Enriched or Fortified)

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Replacement of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and iron lost when grains are refined

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Fortification (Labeling: Enriched or Fortified)

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Addition of one or more vitamin and or minerals to food product

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Ingredient Label

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Label of any food that contains more than one ingredient must list the ingredients in order of their contribution to the weight of the food

  • Beverages that contain juice must list percentage of juice
  • The name of the specific color ingredient must be given
  • Milk, eggs, fish and five other foods to which some people are allergic must be listed on the label
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Food Additives

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Applies to substances added intentionally or unintentionally

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More than 3,000 chemical additives (Food Additives)

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Enhance flavor, texture, color, cooking properties, shelf life, nutrient content

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Specific information about food additives must be listed on the label
(Food Additives)

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  • GRAS list additives can be used without preapproval

- New additives must be approved by FDA

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Trace amounts of unintentional additives do not appear on food labels (Food Additives)

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-Pesticides, hormones, antibiotics
-Fragments of packaging materials
-Small fragments of bone
Insects

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Irradiated foods

(Food Additives)

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  • Uses X-rays, gamma rays, or electron beams to kill insects, bacteria, molds, and other microorganism in food
  • Enhances shelf life of food products
  • Decreases the risk of foodborne illnesses
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Dietary Supplements

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Product taken by mouth that contains dietary ingredients intended to supplement the diet

  • Can include vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes, herbs, hormones, & organ tissue
  • Differ from drugs because they do not undergo the testing and FDA approval before they are sold
  • Can not claim that the product treat, cure, or prevent disease
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Dietary Supplement Labeling

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  • Must be labeled “Dietary Supplement”
  • “Supplement Facts“ panel with serving size and essential nutrients
  • May use nutrient and health claims
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The COOL Rule

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  • A country of origin label must appear on some products

- Helps track down foodborne illnesses

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Organic Foods

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USDA has developed and implement the standard for organic foods

  • 100% organic if they contain entirely organic produced ingredients
  • Organic if they contain at least 95% organic ingredients
  • Made with organic ingredients if they contain at least 70% organic ingredients
  • Some organic ingredients if the product contains less than 70% organic ingredients
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Plants (Organic)

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Grown in soil not treated with synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides for 3 years

  • Can not be fertilized with sewer sludge
  • Can not be treated with irradiation
  • Can not be grown from genetically modified seeds
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Animals (Organic)

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  • Can not be raised in a factory like condition
  • Can not be given antibiotics or hormones
  • Must be given feed products that are 100% organic
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New Labeling System Appear on the Front of Food Products

Other Nutrition Labeling

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  • Nutrition at a Glance
  • Smart Choices Made Easy
  • Smart Choices Program
  • Calories on Display
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Smart Choices Program (Other Nutrition Labeling)

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Features a symbol that identifies more nutritious choices within a specific product category, list calories per serving, and number of serving per package

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Calories on Display (Other Nutrition Labeling)

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Most of the efforts of changing labels have been made at providing point of purchase information about the caloric value to food served in restaurants

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Nutrition labels are important

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  • Help a person make informed decisions
  • Need to understand nutrition to understand the labels
  • Labels are a tool to help people make informed decisions
  • Labels do not know provide all the information needed - people need to be well informed about nutrition

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