HNU 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Delicatessen, Facilitated Diffusion, Relate
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Designed to help consumers make healthy choices. Provide information about nutrient composition of a food and how that food fits into the diet. Federal regulations control what can, cannot and must appear on a food label. As of december 2007, canadian manufacturers must conform to strict new labeling rules. Amount of nutrients in a standard serving: usually a percentage of daily values (dv, daily values are based on a 2000-kilocalorie diet, anything greater than 20% is high, anything less than 5% is low. Compares key ingredients in a serving of food with the goals of a person con- suming 2000 kilocalories per day. Food labels must provide nutritional information in both english and french languages. The common name of the food must typically be approved by canada"s food and drug regulations (fdr) Net quantity declaration must accurately reflect weight, volume, measure, etc. of product and must be expressed in metric units.
