5.1 Nutrition and Labeling

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Across
  1. 2. – Labels required on food designed to protect and inform the consumer.
  2. 6. – A person whose job is to give advice on how food affects your health.
  3. 9. – A standardized nutrition facts panel placed on the information panel. Allows consumers to compare one product to another.
  4. 11. – The average daily intake of nutrients required to meet the needs of most healthy people.
Down
  1. 1. – The panel usually to the right of the principal display panel (PDP), the required information on the panel is traceability, ingredients, major food allergens, and nutrition labeling.
  2. 3. – Indicate a link between a food product and its ability to reduce the risk of contracting a disease or poor health condition. To be accepted, the claim must be scientifically supported.
  3. 4. – A claim on a food product that implies or directly states the level of a nutrient in the food.
  4. 5. – Describes the effect a food or nutrient has on the structure or function of the body.
  5. 7. – A unit of energy used by food nutritionists.
  6. 8. – The front of the package, the portion of the label most likely to be seen by the consumer at the time of purchase.
  7. 10. – A food source with less than eight grams of total fat.
  8. 12. – The ability to identify where a food product came from and where a food product is going at any stage of development, from production to distribution.