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Nutritional Labels
In 1990 the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act was passed. This was very beneficial to the public consumers for many reasons. First, it requires food manufacturer's to provided a mini-nutritional table that showed the food's nutrient content and its percentage of daily intake values. Second, every ingredient needs to be listed in its order of percentage of the total product. Third, generic ingredients such as colorings and sweeteners are not allowed, that actual name of the coloring or sweetener must be listed, such as yellow dye #5. Fourth, any claims such as prevents heart diseases much be scientifically backed.
On the label itself, it contains the serving size, amounts per serving, and
percent of daily values. Now every product in its category has the same serving
size, so there is no need to do mathematical equations to figure out
which brand is the healthiest or meets your diet needs. The amounts per serving let you know
have much fat, calories, calories from fat, saturated fat, cholesterol,
carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, and sugars. The percent of daily
values is based on the RDI, Reference Daily Intake. However, one should not rely on this for their diet. Each person is different and has a different intake need. The guide is based off of someone who needs 2,000 calories a day.
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How to read teh nutrition label
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