Are there any careful partners, when buying pre-packaged food in supermarkets, I found that some food packaging has a small ***, which is being piloted in our countryDigital labelsAnd with it, we just needTake out your mobile phone and "scan" it, you can easily and accurately get more food information.
That said, with food digital labels, it is more convenient for us to obtain food information, but theseWhat should I think of food information?How can reading information help us buy healthy, delicious and nutritious food?
Don't worry, let's read our food labels with everyone.
What is a food label
If you want to read food labels, the first step is to understand what food labels are.
Food labels refer to the words, graphics, symbols and all descriptions on food packaging. The state stipulates that food labeling shall include the name of the food, the list of ingredients, the net content and specifications, the name of the producer and/or the distributor, the address and the date of production and shelf life, storage conditions, food production license number, product standard code and other content that needs to be labeled.
How to pick the key information to see
Look at the food name and type
Usually, if we only look at the appearance or don't look carefully, it is easy to see that "Li Kui" and "Li Ghost" are not able to distinguish between it, thinking that we have bought very expensive milk, but in fact we are just buying milk-containing drinks. There is still a big difference between milk drinks and cow's milk in terms of nutrient content, so you should look carefully at the name of the food to distinguish it.
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Look at the ingredient list
According to the requirements of our national standard, the various ingredients should be arranged in order from the highest to the lowest amount added when manufacturing or processing food. To put it simply, the more content in the product, the higher the ranking, and usually the first place is the raw material of the food. By looking at the ingredient list, we can:Understand the main components of food and identify food attributes.
For example, if we want to buy whole grain biscuits, we look at two coarse grain biscuit ingredient lists and find that wheat flour and vegetable oil are at the top of the ingredient list on the left, and whole wheat flour and maltitol are at the top of the ingredient list on the rightAccording to the main ingredients of the food, choosing the food on the right is more in line with our needs for buying whole grain biscuits.
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Will look at the nutrition facts list
The nutrition facts list includes the name of the nutrient ingredient, the nutrient content value and the percentage of nutrient reference value (NRV%).
In the name of the nutrient ingredient, "1+4" nutrient content belongs to the mandatory labeling content, "1" refers to energy, and "4" refers to the four core nutrients of protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodiumOther nutrients such as "calcium", "vitamin A", "dietary fiber", etc., can be independently identified.
The nutrient content value can be used per 100 grams, 100 milliliters or per serving of food as a unit, the following figure shows that every 100 grams is used as a unit, if 1 serving of food packaging is only 50 grams, then we can not eat the food can not get so much nutrient content in the table, we should pay attention to screening and calculation.
Nutrient Reference Value Percentage (NRV%): It represents the percentage of these nutrients in a food that makes up a person's requirement for that nutrient throughout the day.
For example, the energy content in the figure below is 1143 kilojoules per 100 grams of whole-wheat toast, and the percentage of nutrient reference value (NRV%) is 14%, which means that if you eat 100 grams of this toast, it can probably meet 14% of the energy required for ** day (due to the different height, weight, physical activity level, etc. of each person, the demand is different), which is far from enough, suggesting that we also need to consume energy from other foods and eat a balanced diet.
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Look at the production date, the expiration date
and storage conditions
The production date is the date when the food forms the last product, and the shelf life refers to the period during which the food maintains its quality under the specified storage conditions, and improper storage will affect the shelf life of the food, which will affect food safety and quality.
Remind everyone when buying any foodBe sure to look at the production date and expiration dateTry to choose to buy relatively "new" products and store them at the specified temperature or environment to ensure food safety.
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Food safety is more than the sky, we will look at the above food label information, we can preliminarily judge the content characteristics of the product.
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