NUTRITION LABELING Caitlyn Parry - Christina Sanabria- Kerry Boyd
OVERVIEW Nutrition Labels 101 Ingredient Identification (Activity) Interpreting Health Claims Current Issues in Nutrition Labeling Labeling Laws & Regulations Nutrition Labels: A new proposition
NUTRITION LABELS Serving Size 2.Calories (per serving) 3.%Daily Value (DV) (how much a food will contribute to your diet based on 2,000 kcals) 20% or greater is high 5% or less is low 4. Nutrients Limit: Sodium, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar Get more of : vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C 5.Footnote
INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION Ammonium Sulfate Calcium Silicate Sodium Nitrite Sodium Benzoate Carrageenan Xanthan Gum
INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION
FOOD IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITY
INTERPRETING HEALTH CLAIMS Reduced fat, low fat, light/lite, diet, zero, real, free → common nutrition label terms Less, low, more, high → all terms that can be misleading to consumers Usually refers to fiber, fat, and sugar content
INTERPRETING HEALTH CLAIMS
NATURALORGANIC
HEALTH CLAIMS COMMENTARY Clips form John Oliver video
CURRENT ISSUES IN NUTRITION LABELING 20% Margin of error Calories are often rounded 50 calories or less - round to the nearest 5- calories increment Above 50 calories - round to the nearest 10 calorie increment Total fat is rounded as well Not updated in over 20 years
CURRENT ISSUES IN NUTRITION LABELING
NEW LABELING VIDEO FDA to Change Food Labels, Serving Sizes
DON’T FIX WHAT ISN’T BROKEN General: Nutrition Facts must be on packaged foods Nutrition Facts are placed with the ingredients list, name and address of manufacturer or distributor. The name of the product cannot be placed in the Nutrition Facts label FDA urges that manufacturers make the Nutrition Facts label readily observable and legible to the consumer at time of purchase
DON’T FIX WHAT ISN’T BROKEN Nutrient Declarations: Nutrition Facts are not required on all foods Various exceptions Only nutrients listed in FDA's nutrition regulations, as of the nutrition label, may be included in the Nutrition Facts label Voluntary nutrients must be listed under specific circumstances when they are added at a nutritional supplement Vitamins A &C as well a minerals calcium and Iron at the one micronutrients required by the FDA
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL Major Components: Greater understanding of nutrition science Updated serving size requirements and new labeling requirements for a certain package size Refreshed design
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF NUTRITION SCIENCE Require information about “added sugars” Update daily values for nutrients like sodium, dietary fiber and Vitamin D Require manufacturers to declare the amount of potassium and Vitamin D Continuing to require “Total Fat,” Remove: Saturated Fat and Trans Fat
UPDATED SERVING SIZE REQUIREMENTS & NEW LABELING REQUIREMENTS Change the serving size to reflect how consumers eat and drink today Require that packaged food, including beverages which are typically consumed in one sitting be labeled as a single serving Display adjusted caloric and nutrient content Certain packets that are larger and may be consumed in 1 or more sitting will have a “dual column” Nutrition Facts label Nutrition facts per servings Nutrition facts per package
REFRESHED DESIGN Make calories and serving size more prominent Shirt the Percent Daily Value to the left of the label Change footnote to more clearly explain the meaning of Present Daily Value
OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW
DUAL COLUMN FOOD LABEL
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REFRENCES Academy of nutrition and dietetics. (n.d.). Retrieved from FDA to change food labels, serving sizes. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2014, from FDA's new nutrition label emphasizes calories, serving size, added sugars. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2014, from size-added-sugars/ Food. (n.d.). Retrieved from John oliver on misleading labeling of food products. (n.d.). Retrieved from Labeling organic products. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2014, from http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.usda.gov%2FAMSv1.0%2Fgetfile%3FdDocName%3DSTELDEV