COMS 4607 Lecture 5: February 14th Lecture
14 Feb 2017
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What are over-fortified foods: foods and beverages with added nutrients. Novel beverages: red bull, powerade, vitamin water. Too much of a good thing: liver toxicity and birth defects brought on by vitamin a and. The only mandatory nutrition labeling on food products. A way for consumers to have a better understanding of what they are eating by using the nutrition content. There is a discrepancy between the existing requirement estimates the daily values. Not all consumers are knowledgeable about nutrients and the content of food products. Used to advertise nutritional elements not listed in the nutrition facts table. A voluntary provision decided upon by food manufacturers and may therefore be deceitful. Misinformation surrounding food nutrition consumers rely on these labels as a source of accurate information. Those who are unsure of how to correctly read the nutrition facts table will look to these labels on the front of products to form decisions about the food they are consuming.
