1. Caitlyn Parry - Christina Sanabria- Kerry Boyd NUTRITION LABELING

2. Nutrition Labels 101 Ingredient Identification (Activity) Interpreting Health Claims Cu Labeling Laws & Regulations Nutrition Labels: A new proposition OVERVIEW

3. NUTRITION LABELS 101 1.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

4. INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION Ammonium Sulfate Calcium Silicate Sodium Nitrite Sodium Benzoate Carrageenan Xanthan Gum

5. INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION

6. FOOD IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITY

7.  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

9. NATURAL INTERPRETING HEALTH CLAIMS ORGANIC

10. HEALTH CLAIMS COMMENTARY John Oliver on Misleading Food Labels

11. CURRENT ISSUES IN NUTRITION LABELING

12.  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

13. FDA to Change Food Labels, Serving Sizes NEW LABELING VIDEO

14. 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

15. 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 reqired by the FDA DON’T FIX WHAT ISN’T BROKEN

16. Major Components:  Greater understanding of nutrition science  Updated serving size requirements and new labeling requirements for a certain package size  Refreshed design PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL

17.  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 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF NUTRITION SCIENCE

18.  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 UPDATED SERVING SIZE REQUIREMENTS & NEW LABELING REQUIREMENTS

19.  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 REFRESHED DESIGN

20. OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW

21. INSERT DUAL COLUMN FOOD LABEL GRAPHIC DUAL COLUMN FOOD LABEL

22. QUESTIONS ??

23. http://www.foodinsight.org/Content/5438/FINAL%20WIF%208-22-12.pdhttp://www.foodinsight.org/Content/5438/FINAL%20WIF%208-22-12.pdf http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Labeling Nutrition/ucm064894.htm http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Labeling Nutrition/ucm385663.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ2QcMsKn6M WORK CITED