A Practical Guide for Interpreting and Constructing Nutritional Labeling

The nutritional labeling system worldwide for consumer packaged goods is complex. It lacks uniform guidelines for food industry professionals that would help them better convey the impact of nutrition for dietary choices. A Practical Guide for Interpreting and Constructing Nutritional Labeling, gives a global view of nutritional and front package labeling and offers solutions to help standardize the nutritional table process. Through global historical milestones and various case studies from around the world, it allows readers to see firsthand how nutritional tables are interpreted for specific diets and constructed to maximize health and well-being. A Practical Guide for Interpreting and Constructing Nutritional Labeling, offers a nutritional roadmap for a more standardized approach to labeling. Through a series of case studies from the U.S., Switzerland, Colombia, Chile, the Netherlands and more, readers will be shown practical tools for interpreting front-of-pack labeling while gaining a better understanding of the innerworkings of each of these countries nutritional labeling processes. Readers will also be given strategies to navigate regulatory issues and gain insight into the future of nutritional labeling.

• Explores the evolution of nutritional and front-of-pack labeling from a global perspective
• Demonstrates how to construct nutritional labels by integrating diet, nutrition and health
• Questions the norms of current nutritional food packaging labels in an effort to prioritize dietary needs
• Identifies solutions to help standardize the nutritional table process for consumer packaged goods
• Highlights the process of developing general nutritional, and front-of-pack labeling through case studies from around the globe