As I was reading the April edition of Fitness Magazine, I came across an article simply titled ‘Wrong Number.’ The article talked about how research has found that a product’s calorie count could be ‘up to 8% higher’ than the number stated on the label. What does that mean for the health conscious label checkers? Unfortunately, looks like the answer is more work. Fitness reports that with the sheer volume of products hitting the shelves, it just is not possible for the FDA to regulate each and every item, making it harder to know what is the real deal. They have listed the top three ways to avoid common mistakes.
The carbs should be ‘equal or greater than the combined total grams of sugar and fiber.’ The example Fitness gave was that if a cookie has three grams of fiber and eight grams of sugar but the label reads just eight grams of carbs, that is an error.
If you see a cooked food or pasteurized juice that says it has 100% of the vitamin, that could be wrong. Heat reduces vitamin C, so those foods are highly unlikely to contain high amounts. Double check the label, and if the ingredients include ascorbic acid it is ok- this means the vitamin was added after the processing.
The amount of sodium needs to be listed. If salt is included in the ingredients, sodium needs to be printed on the nutrition facts. If sodium is missing but salt is listed, the amount of calories is likely to be incorrect.
Source: Fitness Magazine April 2010
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