Nutrition label is a part of prepackaged foods label, and its function is to provide consumers with nutrition information and description of food characteristics, including nutrition ingredient list, nutrition claim and nutrition ingredient function claim.
The nutrient composition table consists of three columns, of which the first column is named "Project", and the content is the name of energy and labeled nutrient composition. According to the current national standards, all prepackaged foods must be marked with protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium.
The second column is the content of energy and nutrients, and its column title is usually the specific gravity of each food per 100 g (g) and/or per 100 ml (ml). The third column is the percentage of energy or labeled nutrients per unit weight of food in the nutritional reference value (NRV).
Function of nutrition label
Nutrition label is a label used to provide food nutrition information. They tell consumers how many calories, fat, protein, fiber, sugar and other nutrients are contained in each serving. By reading nutrition labels, consumers can better understand the nutritional value of the food they eat and make healthier food choices.
If there is a label of "1+4" on the nutrition label, it means 1 energy plus four core nutrients. If the label is "nutrient reference values%", it means the percentage of combined nutrients in food in daily intake.
Nutrients refer to substances ingested from the external environment in order to maintain the growth, development and survival of the body, which are mainly divided into seven categories, namely protein, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, dietary fiber, vitamins and water.
In addition, nutrition labels can help those who need to control the intake of specific nutrients to plan their diet more easily.
It is conducive to popularizing food nutrition knowledge and guiding the public to choose meals scientifically. It is conducive to promoting consumers to balance their diet and health reasonably. It is conducive to standardizing enterprises to correctly label nutrition, scientifically publicizing relevant nutrition knowledge, and promoting the healthy development of the food industry.