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Nutrition label

Meaning in nutrition & dietetics, with examples

nounCore term

In nutrition & dietetics, nutrition label means: The panel on packaged food that lists the energy and the amounts of nutrients, such as fat, carbohydrate, sugar, protein and salt, usually per 100 g and per serving.

In Turkish: besin değeri etiketi, beslenme bildirimi, besin etiketi

How it is used

Dietitians teach clients to 'read', 'check' or 'compare' nutrition labels. In the US the official panel is called the Nutrition Facts label; EU and Turkish rules call it the nutrition declaration. Some countries add front-of-pack labels with colors or logos.

Example sentences

  1. Let's compare the nutrition labels on these two breakfast cereals.

  2. The nutrition label shows 1.8 g of salt per 100 g, which is quite high for bread.

Common collocations

  • read the nutrition label
  • Nutrition Facts label
  • front-of-pack label
  • nutrition declaration
  • serving sizeA standard amount of a food, such as one cup or 30 grams, used on a nutrition label or in guidelines so that nutrient values can be shown and compared.
  • daily valueA reference amount of a nutrient used on US Nutrition Facts labels. The percent daily value (%DV) shows how much one serving provides toward a typical day's needs.
  • ingredient listThe part of a food label that names every ingredient in the product, listed in descending order of weight, so the main ingredient comes first.
  • added sugarSugars and syrups put into foods and drinks during processing or preparation, such as table sugar, honey and corn syrup, as opposed to the sugars naturally found in whole fruit and milk.
  • health claimA statement on a food label or in advertising that links a food or nutrient to health, such as 'calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones'.

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