Decoding a Food Label - What It Means, And When Should You Be Concerned
Dr. Indermohan Khandelwal
A radiologist turned, India's leading dream body & weight coach.
Welcome to our blog post. Food label contents and its understanding is a must in today's world when everything which you get is most of the time processed and packed if you really wish to stay healthy.
Food label or the nutrition labels or nutrition facts label is made necessary by most of the countries and their respective health agencies and governments by issuing the important guidelines which regulate the food industry labels with a simple intention for increasing public awareness for food labels and to ensure healthy eating.
Food label or the nutrition label are usually not carefully seen by most of us except the name of the food and important health claim that is usually highlighted, bold and given more space in front to attract ourselves however, most of the important information is available on its back which must be seen, read, understood by most of us and we should make healthy choices to have a healthy body. One must carefully read and be observant to select a healthy food from the market nowadays. Organic food is tough to find.
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Time Stamps
00:00 - Introduction - Food Labels and their importance in health.
01:05 - What are a few of the important agencies which create guidelines for food labels?
02:24 - Name of the food product.
02:48 - How to find from a food label whether your food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian?
03:12 - What important nutritional information is provided on your food/nutrition label?
05:36 - How is sugar information provided on your food labels?
06:30 - What are food additives or preservatives and their importance on your food labels?
07:24 - Name and address of food manufacturer on food label.
07:35 - Net quantity of the food material in your food packet.
07:49 - What do you understand by serving size of the food content in the packet?
08:11 - What do you understand by the percentage daily value of a content in the packet and its importance in selecting a food item?
12:01 - What other important information is provided in color coding on food labels nowadays and what is its importance?
14:00 - Importance of Code no. / Lot no. / Batch no. on food labels?
14:29 - Important to check date of manufacturing, best before, Use by date and other important instructions on food labels.
15:08 - Country of origin of food packet?
15:22 - Any special instruction must also be highlighted on the food label.
15:34 - Importance of mentioning “GLUTEN FREE” and such other labels on food packets?
15:58 - Importance of seeing and checking the ingredients on food labels?
16:25 - Understand and verify the health and other claims mentioned on the food labels.
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