TASTY TIMELINE The University of Florida develops Gatorade, named after the school mascot.

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TASTY TIMELINEThe University of Florida
develops Gatorade, named after the school mascot.

• -1964
• -1965
• -1966

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The Food Label

• FCS 1120
• Amy D. Eades MS, RD

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Why was the food label created?

• Designed to help consumers make wise food choices
  by providing nutrition information.
• Help consumers identify nutrient dense foods.
• Nutrient Density - measure of the nutrients
  provided by a food relative to the energy it
  contains.

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Case Study

• You are making a meal for five year-old children.
  You want the meal to revolve around foods
  children like, but also want the meal to be
  nutrient dense. Based on the following foods,
  which would be the better choice to make the meal
  more nutrient dense?
• 1 cup Kool-aide vs. 1 cup Grape Juice
• Hot Dog vs. PB J sandwich
• 1 cup yogurt vs. 1 cup ice cream
• 1 serving Fresh melon vs. 1 serving carrots
  celery

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What must be on the label?

• Name
• Content statement
• Name and address
• List of ingredients
• Nutrition Facts
• Date product should be sold

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Mandatory Nutrients

• Protein
• Vitamins A C
• Calcium
• Iron

• Total kcalories
• Kcalories from fat
• Total fat grams(g)
• Saturated fat
• Cholesterol (mg)
• Monounsaturated fat
• Sodium in mg
• Total CHO
• Dietary fiber
• Sugars

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Key Features of Nutr. Facts

• Uniform Serving Sizes
• Allow for better comparison between brands
• More reasonable serving sizes
• Percent Daily Values
• Helps consumers determine how each food product
  will fit into diet.

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Apply what you just learned

• You buy a pound bag of peanut MMs. There are
  11 servings in one bag and 1 serving provides 17
  of the Daily Value for fat. You end up eating
  1/2 of the bag which is 5 servings. What DV
  of fat have you eaten? Do you have much room
  left for additional fat in your diet for that day?

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Key Features, cont.

• Mandatory nutrition labeling
• Nutrient Content Claims
• Make descriptions more complete
• Low fat, low kcalorie
• High vs. Good

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Apply what you just learned

• You are an owner of a restaurant. You have heard
  that your clientele wants healthier alternatives
  on the menu. You decide to offer a low fat
  strawberry shortcake and include the terminology
  low fat on the menu. In order to abide by the
  nutrient content claims created by the
  government, how many grams of fat or less would
  this dessert have to contain?

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Case Study

• A dietitian in a hospital plans therapeutic diets
  for patients. His director wants him to increase
  the calcium in certain meals. Should he suggest
  adding a yogurt that has the claim High in
  calcium or Good source of calcium.

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Key Features, cont.

• Health claims
• Relate a foods nutritional profile to a reduced
  risk of a specific disease.
• EXAMPLE -Adequate calcium intake throughout life
  helps maintain bone health reduce the risk of
  osteoporosis

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What about restaurants?

• Food label must be provided for menu items that
  have a nutrient/ health claim
• The label does not have to be in the Nutrition
  Facts format