UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION LABELS

Dr. Yousef Elshrek

•NEW NUTRITION LABELS ON THE WAY STARTING IN 2016 . NEW LABELS REQUIRED BY JULY 2019.• The new label helps you limit added sugar. • It will also help you find foods with more vitamin D and

potassium.• Always look at the serving size and serving per container.• Some packages that you would normally eat one sitting may

have two or more servings . • The new label helps by listing nutrition per container in more

of these cases.• Some servings sizes are also increased on the new lables.

• Look at the following examples original and new labels.

• Eating one serving you 1 gm saturated fat ( 5% daily value ) which is now • however eating the whole package gives you servings; to the

total 8 gm saturated fat ( 40% daily value)which is high.•USE THE PERCENT DAILY VALUE AS A QUICK

GUIDE TO NUTRITION• 5 % or less means a serving is low in a nutrient.• 10%- 19% means a serving is medium in a nutrient.• 20% means a serving is high in a nutrient.•REFERENCE• Samaritan, health services samhealth.org/Nutrition