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Nutrition Information on Food Labels
Understanding Nutrition Labelling to Make
Informed Food Choices
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Nutrition information provided on food labels

• Nutrition Facts
• Ingredient List
• Nutrition Claims
• Health Claims

INGREDIENTS Whole wheat, wheat bran,
sugar/glucose-fructose, salt, malt (corn flour,
malted barley), vitamins (thiamine hydrochloride,
pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, d-calcium
pantothenate), minerals (iron, zinc oxide).
A healthy diet
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Before
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After Nutrition
Facts easy to find, easy to read, and on more
foods

Serving size
Calories
Amount Daily Value for 13 Key Nutrients Fat
saturated, trans Cholesterol Sodium CHO fibre,
sugars Protein Vit A Vit C Calcium Iron

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• What food products have Nutrition Facts?
• Almost all prepackaged foods have Nutrition
  Facts.
• Some exceptions are
• fresh fruit and vegetables
• raw meat, poultry, fish and seafood EXCEPT
  ground meats and poultry
• foods prepared or processed at the store
• bakery items, sausage, salads
• foods that contain very few nutrients
• coffee beans, tea leaves, spices
• alcoholic beverages.

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• Use Nutrition Facts
• to easily compare similar foods
• to look for foods with more or less of a specific
  nutrient
• to select foods for special diets
• to make informed food choices

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Nutrition Facts are based on a specific amount of
food - compare this to the amount you eat

• All the nutrient information is based on this
  amount of food.
• The specific amount is
• listed under the Nutrition Facts title
• listed in common measures you use at home and a
  metric unit
• not necessarily a suggested quantity of food to
  consume

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Examples of Specific Amount of Food
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Specific amount of food Compare this to the
amount you eat
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The Daily Value ( DV) is
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Reference Standards
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Determining DV

• DV amt nutrient in a serving x 100
• Daily Value
• DV Reference Standard
• Ex 125 g of condensed tomato soup contains
• 1.5 g total fat
• 0.7 g saturated fat trans fat (consisting of
  0.4 g saturated fat and 0.3 g trans fat)
• DV Fat 1.5 g /65 g reference standard x 100
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• DV Sattrans fat 0.7 g / 20 g reference
  standard x 100 3.5 (rounded to 4 according to
  set rules)

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Use the DV to make informed food choices

• Increase a specific nutrient...
• Decrease a specific nutrient...

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Use the DV to make informed food choices

• Choose between two similar products...
• Cereal 1 Cereal 2

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Use the ingredient list to make informed food
choices

• all of the ingredients for a food are listed by
  weight, from the most to the least
• a source of certain nutrient information
• a source of information for people with allergies

Example
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Use nutrition claims to make informed food choices

• regulated statements made when a food meets
  certain criteria
• optional, and may be found only on some food
  products

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Nutrition claims When you want to decrease the
amount of certain nutrients
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Nutrition claims When you want to increase the
amount of certain nutrients
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Health claims
Disease risk reduction claims Example A
healthy diet low in saturated and trans fats may
reduce the risk of heart disease. (Naming the
food) is free of saturated and trans fats.
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Summary of Info on Food Packages

• Nutrition Facts
• Ingredient List
• Nutrient Claims
• Health Claims

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Nutrition Facts

Serving size
Calories
Amount Daily Value for 13 Key Nutrients Fat
saturated, trans Cholesterol Sodium CHO fibre,
sugars Protein Vit A Vit C Calcium Iron

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The Daily Value ( DV) is
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Use the ingredient list to make informed food
choices

• ingredients listed by weight, from most to least
• a source of certain nutrient information
• a source of information for people with allergies

Example
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Use nutrition claims to make informed food choices

• Claims about amt of a nutrient in a food
• Regulated statements made when a food meets
  certain criteria
• Optional

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Use nutrition claims to make informed food choices

• Free calorie/nutrient amount is insignificant
• sodium free - lt5mg per serving
• sugar free lt50 mg sugar and lt5 Cal per serving
• Light either reduced fat, or reduced calories
• Be careful lite in color light tasting

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Use nutrition claims to make informed food choices
Low small amount of nutrient low fat 3 g
per serving Reduced at least 25 less of a
nutrient than original product 25 less fat
crackers have 25 less fat than the original
version
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Use nutrition claims to make informed food choices
Source significant amount of nutrient in a
serving source of fibre at least 2
g high/good source at least 4 g very
high/excellent source at least 6 g For most
vits/mins must have at least 5 DV to be a source
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Health claims

• A healthy diet low in saturated and trans fats
  may reduce the risk of heart disease. (Naming the
  food) is free of saturated and trans fats.
• A healthy diet low in sodium and high in
  potassium may reduce the risk of high blood
  pressure, a risk factor for stroke and heart
  disease
• A healthy diet adequate in calcium and vitamin D,
  and regular physical activity, help to achieve
  strong bones and may reduce the risk of
  osteoporosis.
• A healthy diet rich in a variety of vegetables
  and fruit may help reduce the risk of some types
  of cancer.

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General health claims

• General health claims are generally developed
• Consumers should not solely rely on general
  health claims to make informed food choices.

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Heart and Strokes Health Check

• Products with logo meet criteria developed by the
  Foundations registered dietitians based on
  Canadas Food Guide. 
• Not for profit program
• Companies submit products or menu items to be
  evaluated
• http//www.healthcheck.org/page/program-criteria-3

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Heart and Strokes Health Check

• Criteria developed for the following nutrients
• Total Fat, Saturated Fat and Trans Fat
• Fibre
• Sodium
• Sugar
• Protein
• Certain Vitamins and Minerals

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Heart and Strokes Health Check

• Ex Breakfast cereal
• Must fit criteria for 30g serving and for on-pack
  serving
• Fat 3g or less OR no added fat
• Fibre 2 g or more
• Sodium 240 mg or less
• Sugar 6 g or less (excluding fruit pieces)
  except if 4g or more of fibre
• Trans fat 5 less of total fat

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Nutrition Labelling Summary

• Use Nutrition Facts, the ingredient list,
  nutrition and health claims to make informed food
  choices.
• Nutrition Facts easy to find, easy to read, and
  on more foods.
• Nutrition Facts are based on a specific amount of
  food - compare this to the amount you eat.
• Use Daily Value to see if a food has a lot or a
  little of a nutrient.

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How many calories does this product have? How
many gm of unsaturated fats? How many gm of
starches (complex carbohydrates)?