Food Label

Nutrition Facts panel

An area of the food label called the ____________ provides a nutritional snapshot, including Daily Values, of the food inside a package.

Health Claims

Statements that describe a relationship between a food component and a specific health condition are called ___________________

Nutirent Content Claim

The phrase "Excellent source of fiber" is an example of a(n) _________________

Daily Values

_____________ are based on a 2000-kcal per day diet, and serve as general reference values for most nutrients on a food label.

Trans Fat

_____________ is one of the nutrients required to be listed on a food label that consumers should try to limit in their diets

Functional Foods

______________________ may provide additional health benefits beyond calories and basic nutrients.

-daily value of iron -servings per container

required for both current label and propsed new label

-calories from fat -daily value of vitamin c

required on current label

-added sugars -daily value of vitamin D -daily value of potassium

required on proposed new label

Net Weight

the _____________ of a product is located at the bottom of the package. This information is helpful when comparing products in different types of packaging.

-the footnote for %DV shows how reccommendations differ between 2000 kcal diet and a 2500 kcal diet -daily values can show consumers that a product is high or low in a particular nutrient

the following are correct regarding percent daily value (%DV) on a food label

nutrient content claims

"reduced sodium" refers to a product with 25% less sodium than the original product

Ingredients

A section of the label must include a list of __________________, or the individual components of the product, listed in descending order by weight.