Consumer label _ food nutrition label, let consumers know fairly well.

Recently, the General Rules for Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods, which will be officially implemented on June 0, 20 13, has become the focus of media and consumers. "What is prepackaged foods? What foods need nutrition labels? What do you think of nutrition labels? What are the functions of various English abbreviations such as NRV? This is really confusing! "Aunt Zhang called this magazine and asked many questions.

It is understood that 74.3% of countries have implemented food nutrition labeling management regulations. Consumers can intuitively understand the nutritional components of food, such as vitamins, carbohydrates, fat and so on, through food nutrition labels.

The results of nutrition survey in China show that there are both undernutrition and overnutrition among China residents, especially the intake of fat, sodium (salt) and cholesterol is high. Patients with "three highs" can calculate how much salt, sugar, fat and so on they have eaten through nutrition labels.

What is "prepackaged food"?

The puffed food and biscuits in the supermarket, the quick-frozen rice products such as jiaozi, steamed stuffed bun, glutinous rice balls and shrimp balls in the freezer, frozen prepared food, and condiments such as fermented bean curd and soy sauce all belong to prepackaged foods. From a professional point of view, prepackaged foods is food that is prepackaged or packed in containers and provided directly to consumers.

Fresh foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods sold now, are difficult to be measured by standards because the content of nutrients fluctuates greatly, so there is no need to label the nutrients. In addition, beverages, alcohol and packaged drinking water; Salt, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, pepper and other daily food. ≤ 10g or10ml; Tea, coffee beans, etc. You can't label nutrition.

What are the contents of nutrition labels?

1. must be marked with "4+ 1". The label must indicate four nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium) and energy content values.

2. Percentage of nutritional reference value (NRV%) NRV is the abbreviation of nutritional reference value. Through NRV%, consumers can clearly know the proportion of nutrients they consume in one day without complicated calculation. For example, protein's NRV value is 60 grams, and a certain brand of milk contains 3.5 grams of protein per 100 grams, so NRV% is 3.5÷60=6%, that is to say, drinking 100 grams of milk of this brand will consume 6% of protein that a person needs all day. Other nutrients can also be calculated in this way.

3. The expression unit of nutrients is based on100g (g),100ml (ml) of food or the consumption per serving. When calculating energy intake, we should pay attention to the unit of nutritional content of products.

The trans fatty acid content must be indicated.

Trans fatty acids are harmful to human body. Although there is no NRV value of trans fatty acids at present, the General Rules for Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods clearly stipulates that if food ingredients contain or use hydrogenated oils such as margarine, shortening and cocoa butter substitute, the trans fat (acid) content must be marked on the nutrition label.

In addition, for foods using nutritional fortifiers, the content of nutritional ingredients and NRV% should also be indicated.

"High protein" and "high calcium" should not be labeled casually.

"High protein" and "high calcium" foods are not casually mentioned. According to General Rules for Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods, when the content of protein in solid food is ≥ 12g, and the content of protein in liquid food is ≥ 6g or 420kJ, it can be called "high protein" or "high calcium". As early as 2008, the Ministry of Health had promulgated the Management Standard for Food Nutrition Labeling, which stipulated that only when the calcium content in solid food is ≥240mg/ 100g, or ≥ 120mg/ 100ml liquid food can it be labeled as "high calcium". In addition, only when the calcium content in food meets the conditions and requirements of "calcium source", "high calcium" or "increasing calcium" can functional terms such as "calcium is beneficial to the development of bones and teeth" be labeled.

Editor's note: From now on, it is best to look at the nutrition label when going to the supermarket to buy food. When eating, you can roughly estimate the amount of energy, protein, sugar, fat, sodium, etc. You can eat according to the NRV% on the nutrition label. Keeping your mouth shut is the first step to prevent "three highs"!

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Hotline: 1233 1

20 12 1, Shanghai officially launched a unified food safety reporting telephone 1233 1. 1233 1 is a hotline for reporting food and drug safety problems. The public can call this number directly to report food safety problems.

Readers from all over the country can call our magazine (02 1-54030525), write or send an email if they encounter food safety problems. The editorial department of this journal will consult experts and answer them in time.

It is strange to grow "mung bean sprouts" in watermelons.

A few days ago, some citizens reported to the "1233 1" hotline that after buying a watermelon and cutting it, they found that there were actually two curved mung bean sprouts in it, about 6-8 cm long. I don't know why this happened.

The hotline "1233 1" contacted watermelon experts through the municipal agricultural department. Experts pointed out that the "mung bean sprouts" in this kind of watermelon are actually the germination of watermelon seeds, which is caused by too long time after picking and excessive ripening of watermelon. The storage temperature and humidity just meet the needs of seed germination. This situation also happens from time to time in melons, pumpkins and golden melons. Watermelon germination is different from potato germination and does not contain toxins. Therefore, sprouted watermelon has no safety risk, just because it is too ripe and tastes bad, so there is no need to eat it reluctantly.

Citizen telephone:

Recently, Mr. Sun, a citizen, called to report that he and 60 members of his family held a celebration in a seafood restaurant, and 10 people had diarrhea after eating seafood.

Case handling:

After investigation, the diarrhea was not food poisoning, and no pathogenic bacteria were found. Most of the guests had no diarrhea symptoms.

Reminder:

Seafood is a high-protein food, which is not easy to digest and contains many allergens. Eating too much seafood at one time may also lead to indigestion, gastrointestinal inflammation, dysfunction and other symptoms, such as diarrhea and vomiting, due to indigestion or allergen release. Especially when many people eat seafood, they also like to mix it with iced drinks and carbonated drinks. It's "cool" when you eat it, but later the gastrointestinal tract may not be able to stand it. Therefore, when tasting seafood, we should have health awareness, and don't forget scientific collocation, enough is enough.

talk in whispers

Jinshan US Food and Drug Administration: Friend, when you eat in some restaurants, do you find a colorful advertising paper on your plate? Will you put food directly on it? In fact, this practice is not safe. Exquisite and bright patterns may contain benzene and heavy metals. For the sake of health, food should be kept away from colored printed matter.

American Food and Drug Administration: Especially, many fast food restaurants in China or the West like to spread a colorful advertising paper on their plates. It is not advisable to see some children's shoes squeezing ketchup on paper and dipping them in French fries.

@ Xuhui Business: There are newspapers! The main pollutants in newspaper ink are heavy metals, including lead, chromium, cadmium and mercury, which may be harmful to human body. Wash your hands after reading the newspaper. Don't eat snacks while reading the newspaper.