Caitlyn Parry - Christina Sanabria- Kerry Boyd

NUTRITION LABELING

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

OVERVIEW

NUTRITION LABELS 101

1. Serving Size2. 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 high5% or less is low

4. NutrientsLimit: Sodium, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugarGet more of : vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C

5. Footnote

INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION

Ammonium Sulfate Calcium SilicateSodium NitriteSodium BenzoateCarrageenan Xanthan Gum

INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION

FOOD IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITY

◻ 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

INTERPRETING HEALTH CLAIMS

NATURAL

INTERPRETING HEALTH CLAIMS

ORGANIC

HEALTH CLAIMS COMMENTARY

John Oliver on Misleading Food Labels

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

FDA to Change Food Labels, Serving Sizes

NEW LABELING VIDEO

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 reqired by the FDA

DON’T FIX WHAT ISN’T BROKEN

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

◻ 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

◻ 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

◻ 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

OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW

INSERT DUAL COLUMN FOOD LABEL GRAPHIC

DUAL COLUMN FOOD LABEL

QUESTIONS ??

http://www.foodinsight.org/Content/5438/FINAL%20WIF%208-22-12.pdf

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064894.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ2QcMsKn6M

WORK CITED