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Slide 1: Nutritional Labeling
Good day my name is Gabriele C. Joseph and I will be discussing Nutritional Labeling. Nutritional label is
considered as an ideal way to provide dietary guidance or information about the nutrition attributes of
food. Nutrition facts or information label is found on various packed foods. It is only one of many types
of food label required by regulation or applied by manufacturers. Most pre-packed foods have a nutrient
label on the back or side of the packaging. Nutritional labeling is important as it aids better decision-
making on how you maintain a balanced diet. However, it is often difficult to know what you should be
looking for and what it all means. Therefore, it is much recommended to make it a habit to the check the
label to practice your understanding if you want to improve your diet and make healthy choices.
Slide 2: Nutritional Labeling Purposes
There are various purposes of Nutritional labeling, and that is for health and nutritional safety,
marketing, and advertising, and provides basic product information. Nutrition information on food labels
is an important source of nutrition information. It helps you choose between products and keep in check
on the amount of foods you intake that are high in salt, fat, and added sugars. It could be a cost-
effective method of communicating nutrition information to consumers because the information
appears at the point of sale for most packed foods. Nutrition marketing is commonly used on products
high in saturated fat, sodium and sugar and is more often used on products marketed toward children
than products marketed toward adults. Nutrition marketing can be defined as any marketing of food or
beverages including marketing on television, radio, or food labels using health or nutrition information
beyond minimum requirements. A health claim would be a form of nutrition marketing.
Slide 3: Regulation and Exemptions
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates labeling on packed food. The regulations
stipulate the requirements for three different types of nutrition information on food labels including the
nutrition facts panel, nutrition content claims like low in sodium or saturated fat, and diet-related health
claims such as risk of heart disease or high blood pressure. There are foods that are exempted to
mandatory nutrition labeling, and this includes alcohol beverages, raw meat, fish seafood, and poultry,
food sold at fairs, roadside, craft shows, etc. They can be exempted if the food does not contain
significant amounts of nutrients. Foods produced by businesses that can meet certain criteria such as
business size or annual sales may be exempted from nutritional labeling unless they make a health claim
or nutrient content claim.
Slide 4: Penalties and Offences
In nutritional labeling, offences and penalties can occur. One is when the business give faulty nutritional
claims. It is also an offense if they do not provide the required complete information or the food product
is promoted for sale with misleading, deceptive, and false claims. It is a penalty if the food product is not
labeled in accordance to the regulation and if there is a noticeable defect in labeling through visual
inspection.
Slide 5: Nutrition Facts
Now, we are going to understand on how to utilize nutrition facts label. There are four parts of in a
nutrition facts label and these are the serving information, calories, nutrients, and percent value.
When looking at the Nutrition Facts label, first take a look at the number of servings in the
package (servings per container) and the serving size. Serving sizes are standardized to make it
easier to compare similar foods; they are provided in familiar units, such as cups or pieces,
followed by the metric amount like, the number of grams (g). The serving size reflects the
amount that people typically eat or drink. all the nutrient amounts shown on the label, including
the number of calories, refer to the size of the serving. Pay attention to the serving size,
especially how many servings there are in the food package It is not a
recommendation of how much you should eat or drink.
Calories provide a measure of how much energy you get from a serving of this food. The
number of servings you consume determines the number of calories you actually
eat. Eating too many calories per day is linked to overweight and obesity.
As you look in the sample label, it shows you some key nutrients that impact your health. You
can use the label to support your personal dietary needs – look for foods that contain more of
the nutrients you want to get more of and less of the nutrients you may want to limit.
Nutrients to get less of: Saturated Fat, Sodium, and Added Sugars.
Nutrients to get more of: Dietary Fiber, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron, and
Potassium. You can use the label to support your personal dietary needs—choose foods that
contain more of the nutrients you want to get more of and less of the nutrients you may want to
limit.
The % Daily Value (%DV) is the percentage of the Daily Value for each nutrient in a serving of
the food. The Daily Values are reference amounts (expressed in grams, milligrams, or
micrograms) of nutrients to consume or not to exceed each day. The %DV shows how much a
nutrient in a serving of a food contributes to a total daily diet. The %DV helps you determine if a
serving of food is high or low in a nutrient. To have general guidance on percent daily value, 5%
DV or less of a nutrient per serving is considered low 20% DV or more of a nutrient
per serving is considered high. Use %DV to compare food products (remember to make sure
the serving size is the same) and more often choose products that are higher in nutrients you
want to get more of and lower in nutrients you want to get less of. Use %DV to help distinguish
one claim from another, such as "light,” “low,” and “reduced.” Simply compare %DVs in each
food product to see which one is higher or lower in a particular nutrient. You can use the %DV
to help you make dietary trade-offs with other foods throughout the day.
Slide 6: Health Claims and Functional/Nutrition Claims
General claims about benefits to overall good health such as good for you or healthy will only be allowed
to be used if it is accompanied by an approved claim meaning they must provide an explanation on why
is the food considered healthy. Labels are not allowed to claim that food can cure, treat, or prevent any
disease of medical condition. Nutrition claims describe what a food contains or does not contain or
contains in reduced or increased amounts.
Slide 7: Mandatory Nutrients & Voluntary Nutrients
Here is the summary of what must contain in mandatory nutrients. These are calories, calories from fat,
total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol. Sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, sugars, protein, vitamin a,
c, calcium, and iron. While for voluntary nutrients, it includes calories from saturated fat,
polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, potassium, vitamins and minerals, soluble and insoluble
fibre, and other carbohydrates.

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Slide 1: Nutritional Labeling

Slide 2: Nutritional Labeling Purposes

Slide 3: Regulation and Exemptions

Slide 4: Penalties and Offences

Slide 5: Nutrition Facts

Slide 6: Health Claims and Functional/Nutrition Claims

Slide 7: Mandatory Nutrients & Voluntary Nutrients

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