Nutrition Labels Nutrition & Wellness

Brian Regan Food Label Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q Discuss what things can be learned from the clip. Brian Regan Food Label Clip

Nutrition Facts Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Serving Size Servings per container

Nutrient Amounts are listed in 2 ways: In a measurement amount Ex. ¼ cup or 2 crackers Number of Servings per container Ex. 4 servings per container

Calories and Nutrient Amounts allow us to: See how one serving fits in 2,000 calorie diet Quickly compare foods

Dietary Components & the 5/20 Rule 5% or less is LOW 20% or more is HIGH

Dietary Components & the amounts we need: Fat  Fiber  Protein  Calcium  Sodium  Cholesterol  Sugars  Vitamins A & C  Iron   Get low amounts  Get high amounts

Nutrient Content Claims Low & Free do not equal zero! Reduced means 25% less

Nutrient Content Claims

Health Claims a substance (whether a food, food component, or dietary ingredient) and a disease or health- related condition

Health Claims Qualified Health Claims About Atopic Dermatitis Risk You don’t need to write the next Health Claims down… Qualified Health Claims About Atopic Dermatitis Risk 100% Whey-Protein Partially Hydrolyzed Infant Formula and Reduced Risk of Atopic Dermatitis

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Cancer Risk Tomatoes and/or Tomato Sauce & Prostate, Ovarian, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancers Calcium and Colon/Rectal Cancer & Calcium and Recurrent Colon/Rectal Polyps Green Tea & Cancer Selenium & Cancer Antioxidant Vitamins & Cancer

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Cardiovascular Disease Risk Nuts & Heart Disease Walnuts & Heart Disease Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Coronary Heart Disease B Vitamins & Vascular Disease Monounsaturated Fatty Acids From Olive Oil and Coronary Heart Disease Unsaturated Fatty Acids from Canola Oil & Coronary Heart Disease Corn Oil & Heart Disease

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Cognitive Function Phosphatidylserine & Cognitive Dysfunction and Dementia

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Diabetes Chromium Picolinate & Diabetes

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Hypertension Calcium & Hypertension, Pregnancy- Induced Hypertension, and Preeclampsia

Health Claims Qualified Claims About Neural Tube Birth Defects 0.8 mg Folic Acid & Neural Tube Birth Defects

Ingredients Lists Foods with 2 or more ingredients In descending order, by weight, with the Most/heaviest weight given first.

Allergens New Labeling Laws The eight foods included in food allergy labeling account for an estimated 90 percent of allergic reactions. These eight foods are: Milk Eggs Peanuts Tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, walnuts) Fish (such as bass, cod, flounder) Shellfish (such as crab, lobster, shrimp) Soy Wheat

Servings (how many would you eat?) Calories (if you said 2 multiply 190*2) Daily value % 5/20 rule Which do we want low? Which are low? Which do we want high? Which are high? Fat Good fat or bad fat? Cholesterol? Sodium? Carbohydrates? Simple or complex? Notice sugar = no % Fiber? Protein? we need about 50 mg per day Vitamins & Minerals * Things that might not be so good for us.

Your Food Label What is it? Servings listed on Nutrition Label: How many servings would you really eat: Calories (if you said more than 1 serving multiply calories * that much) Daily value % 5/20 rule—things we want low Fat Sodium Cholesterol Sugars Daily value % 5/20 rule—things we want high Fiber Protein (we need about 50 grams a day) Calcium Vitamin A Vitamin C Iron Carbohydrates? Simple or complex? How many ingredients are listed? List 3 you are not sure what they are or you think might not be healthy. Do you think this is a healthy food choice? Why?

Ms. Pilant’s Food Label What is it? Tomato Soup Servings listed on Nutrition Label: 1 How many servings would really eat: 1 Calories: 140 (if you said more than 1 serving multiply calories * that much) Daily value % 5/20 rule—things we want low Fat 1% Sodium 27% Cholesterol 0% Sugars 2% (total is 10% and 8% is fiber…) Daily value % 5/20 rule—things we want high Fiber 8% Protein (we need about 50 grams a day) 3g Calcium 0% Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 60% Iron 2% Carbohydrates? Mostly complex How many ingredients? 10 List 3 you are not sure what they are or you think might not be healthy. High fructose corn syrup, potassium chloride, sea salt, monopotassium phosphate

The Label coming soon! Beginning 2016, required by 2018

What’s New Size type for the calories, serving size and servings per container is bigger and bolder Manufacturers must include: actual amount and Daily Value of vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium. Vitamins A and C are no longer required but can be included on a voluntary basis. The footnote is changing to better explain what percent Daily Value means—The % DV tell you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.”

What’s New Added sugars in grams and as a percent Daily Value Calories from fat is being removed as the type of fat is more important Daily values for nutrients like sodium, dietary fiber and vitamin D are being updated based on new scientific evidence. Serving sizes are being updated to be more realistic to what people eat.

Things that sound health but really are not… Vitamin Water Sports drinks Diet soda Granola/Energy/Protein bars Bottled salad dressing Jarred pasta sauces Store bought smoothies Instant Oatmeal Bran Muffins Packaged lunch meat Dried fruit Protein powder Yogurt covered snacks Frozen yogurt? Flavored yogurt Low-Fat items/ Fat-free Gluten free foods Baked chips Fruit snacks Veggie puffs/Veggie chips Juice Egg substitutes Pretzels Salad bars

What is “Natural Flavoring”…  Code of Federal Regulations “the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional,” which in layman’s terms pretty much means some sort of plant or animal byproduct which has been processed so much that it can no longer be listed on labels. Examples: Castoreum is secreted by glands located in the rear end of a beaver Tartrazine is a dye derived from coal tar Carrageenan is derived from red seaweeds (no nutritional value) Carmine is used in purple, pink, orange and red food coloring is derived from ground up beetles.