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Food Labeling
Also called: Nutrition labeling
With all the different products grocery stores offer, it can be hard to make the best food choices. Food labels can make the task a little easier. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires packaged foods to carry labels.
On every food label you will see
- Serving size, number of servings and number of calories per serving
- Information on the amount of dietary fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, dietary sodium, carbohydrates, dietary proteins, vitamins and minerals in each serving
- Definitions for terms such as low-fat and high-fiber
- Information to help you see how a food fits into an overall daily diet
Food and Drug Administration
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How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
Also available in Spanish
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Reading Food Labels
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Test Your Food Label Knowledge!(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - Requires Flash Player
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Overviews
- Deciphering Food Labels(Nemours Foundation)
- Food Label Helps Consumers Make Healthier Choices(Food and Drug Administration)
- Food Labeling(Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
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Latest News
- New Safety Standards Set for Baby Formula and Nuts(07/01/2008, Reuters Health)
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Specific Conditions
- Food Allergies: Food Labels List Top Eight Allergens(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Meat and Poultry Labeling Terms(Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
Also available in Spanish
- Organic and Other Environmentally Friendly Foods(Nemours Foundation)
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Trans Fat Now Listed with Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
Also available in Spanish
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Related Issues
- Nutrient Content Claims and Percent (%) Daily Value(American Diabetes Association)
- Nutrition Facts Label(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - Links to PDF
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Health Check Tools
- Test Your Food Label Knowledge!(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - Requires Flash Player
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Using the Food Label Activity(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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Tutorials
- Make Your Calories Count: Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - Requires Flash Player
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Europe battles with obesity.
- Article: Survey of retail milk composition as affected by label claims...
- Article: Food labeling: health claims; soluble fiber from certain foods and...
- Food Labeling -- see more articles
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Organizations
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Food and Drug Administration
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
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Newsletters/Print Publications
- Dietary Supplements/Food Labeling Electronic Newsletter(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
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Law and Policy
- Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
- FDA's Standards for High Quality Foods(Food and Drug Administration)
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Children
- Figuring Out Food Labels(Nemours Foundation)
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Food Labels Tell the Story!(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
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Teenagers
- The Deal with Food Labels(National Women's Health Information Center)
- What Do Food Labels Really Say?(Nemours Foundation)
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Date last updated: 03 July 2008 Topic last reviewed: 22 March 2008 |