Food Labels & Regulations
This federal agency regulates food labeling in the United States.
What is the FDA?
The Dietary Guidelines recommend this action for added sugars, saturated fats, and sodium.
What is decrease?
According to MyPlate, fruits and vegetables should make up this fraction of your plate.
What is half?
This nutrient class provides a ready source of energy for the body.
What are carbohydrates?
AMDR for carbohydrates, the widest range of the macronutrients.
What is 45–65% of calories?
On a food label, this term represents the proportion of the total daily recommended amount from one serving.
What is percent daily value (%DV)?
This acronym stands for solid fats and added sugars, which should be limited.
What is SoFAS?
One serving of cooked pasta or rice according to standard meal planning guidelines.
What is 1/3 cup?
Proteins are essential for tissue formation, cell repair, and this production duo.
What are hormone and enzyme production?
This DRI value meets the needs of 97–98% of the healthy population.
What are Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)?
According to the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act, total calories and saturated fats are this type of labeling requirement.
What is mandatory?
The Guidelines recommend limiting added sugars to less than this percentage of daily calories (though not explicitly stated, implied in related questions).
What is 10%?
Examples include bananas, broccoli, carrots, kale, and spinach.
What are fruits and vegetables?
Sources of protein include soy, eggs, chickpeas, fish, peanuts, and chicken—but not cabbage or kale.
What are protein-rich foods?
AMDRs are not calculated for these micronutrients.
What are vitamins? (or What are minerals?)
Foods like granola bars with nuts or oatmeal cookies made with eggs must list potential allergens, while whole wheat crackers do not require this.
What is allergen labeling?
Unlike earlier guidelines, the 2020–2025 edition does not recommend limiting cholesterol to below 300 mg daily or trans fats to less than 5%.
What is cholesterol intake?
This program’s goals include increasing breastfeeding through 6 months and reducing very low food security in children.
What is Healthy People 2030?
This nutrient transports essential nutrients and waste products throughout the body.
What is water?
This index uses a scoring system to assess adherence to dietary guidelines.
What is the Healthy Eating Index?
This type of fiber and calories from saturated fat are optional on nutrition labels, unlike dietary fiber and added sugars.
What are soluble fiber and calories from saturated fat?
The Guidelines emphasize customizing nutrient-dense choices to reflect personal preferences, cultural traditions, and this financial factor.
What is budgetary considerations?
Whole milk contains this same amount of calcium as low-fat or fat-free milk.
What is the same amount?
Fats function as structural components for cells and as these molecules for proper cellular communication.
What are signaling molecules?
This reference value is used when insufficient evidence exists to set an RDA.
What is Adequate Intake (AI)?