Who Eats One Quarter Cup Serving Of Cold Cereal? Nutrition Labeling Changes

The study team also tested whether changes in formatting, such as enlarging the font size for the declaration of ‘Calories,’ removing the information on the number of calories from fat, or changing the wording for the serving size declaration, would be helpful to consumers in determining the calories and other nutrient information for a single serving and for the entire package. Study investigators determined that participants could more accurately assess the number of calories or amount of fat or other nutrients per serving and in the entire package when a single, large serving per container format or a dual-column format was used. The Nutrition Facts label is only one tool to help consumers make informed food choices But what happens when someone is carried away by the taste of the food? “This research is just one step in understanding how some potential food label modifications might help consumers make better decisions.
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Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation Webinar to Highlight Trends in Dining and Food Preferences of Seniors

DSM shares rose more than 2 percent in early trading to stand at 57.00 euros. DSM shifted strategy in 2010 and has spent more than 2.2 billion euros on acquisitions as it moved away from lower-margin bulk chemicals to focus on less cyclical businesses including food ingredients and high-end plastics. The firm is now the world’s leading vitamin maker, following the acquisitions of U.S. food ingredients companies Martek and Fortitech. It also bought U.S. medical device-maker Kensey Nash Corp, Ocean Nutrition Canada, the world’s biggest producer of a fish oil extract believed to boost brain power, and Brazilian animal nutrition firm Tortuga, which sells nutritional supplements for chickens, swine and cattle.
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Central time Dec. 4. Featured speaker will be Bob Goldin of Technomic, a research and consulting firm that tracks trends in the food industry. Goldin leads Technomic’s Food Supplier Practice Group, where he directs a wide range of projects for food manufacturers, distributors and related suppliers. Other details of the webinar are being finalized, Kearney said, and will be announced in coming weeks. NFEF, which is headquartered within the Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals (ANFP), unveiled its expanded innovation and leadership mission during ANFPs National Leadership Conference, held in Savannah, Georgia, in July.
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