NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Nutrition Facts Label, Saturated Fat, French Fries
10 Dec 2012
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Basic product information ingredients; product weight/net quantity; expiry date; grade or quality; country of origin; manufacturer, importer. Amounts and types of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals in a specified serving size. Provide a means for marketing or promoting product by label claims. Low fat , cholesterol free , high source of fibre , etc. Food labels can have 4 main components: Amount of energy and 13 core nutrients in 1 serving. Fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fibre, sugar, protein, vitamin a, vitamin c, calcium, iron. Consumer, health, professional and scientist driven choices. How to read and use the nutrition facts table. Serving size (sometimes the number of servings/container. Calories, calories from fat, and calories from saturated and trans fats per serving. How much a serving contributes to your overall intake of various nutrients on label. Amounts of fats, sodium, carbohydrate and fibre in 1 serving listed in g or mg, and %dv.
