[Look at the label] Understand the nutritional secrets of food

The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2022)" was officially released, proposing eight dietary guidelines, of which the seventh is "Knowing how to cook, choose, and read labels"

Today, I would like to share with you what the nutrition labels of prepackaged foods have.

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The Nutrition Facts Table is a table indicating the name, content and percentage of the nutrient reference value (NRV) of energy and nutrients.

Because the intake of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium has a great influence on the nutritional status of the human body, and is closely related to some nutritional deficiencies and chronic diseases (such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, etc.

When shopping for prepackaged food, you can refer to the Nutrition Facts Table to choose the food that suits your health needs

First, what are the nutrients in the table? For example, which vitamins or minerals are labeled in addition to energy, fat, sodium, etc.

The second is to look at the content of nutrients, which can be selected by comparing the content of the same nutrients in similar foods

In addition, it is also very important to see the percentage of nutrients in the Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) - which is what we often call NRV%

For example, the calcium content in this biscuit is 280mg/100g.

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Nutrition claims include content claims and comparative claims

Nutrition claims are voluntary behaviors of enterprises, but once a claim is made, the corresponding nutrient content must be listed in the Nutrition Facts Table and meet the required claim standards

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Nutrient functional claims refer to the use of prescribed terms on food labels to describe the functional effects of a nutrient in maintaining normal growth, development and normal physiological functions of the human body

As with nutrition claims, only foods that meet certain claim conditions can make nutrient content function claims