Interpretation of Nutrient values of foods and Nutrition Facts Label
The Nutrition Facts label in our site followed the standard maintained by the FDA. Here is the instructions to read and understand the food labels that can help you to make healthier choices about your food.
Nutrition FactsServing Size 100 grams |
| Amount Per Serving |
| Calories 884Calories from Fat 900 |
| % Daily Value* |
| Total Fat 100g154% |
| Saturated Fat 19g94% |
| Trans Fat 0g |
| Cholesterol 15mg5% |
| Sodium 0mg0% |
| Total Carbohydrate 0g0% |
| Dietary Fiber 0g0% |
| Sugars 0g |
| Protein 0g |
| Vitamin A 0% |
| Vitamin C 0% |
| Calcium 0% |
| Iron 0% |
| * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. |
1. Serving size:
Total servings size of the product per container.
2. Total Calories:
Calories are unit of energy, and it tells the amount of calories you will get per serving of a product.
3. Limit these nutrients:
Recommended limits of fats and sodium in a daily diet as set by the USDA.
4. Get enough of these nutrients:
Recommended value of dietary fiber, protein, calcium, iron, vitamins and others in your daily diet. These values are determined by the USDA.
5. % Daily Value:
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
| Calories | 2,000 | 2,500 | |
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g | 80g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 20g | 25g |
| Cholestrol | Less than | 300mg | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | 375g | |
| Dietry Fiber | 25g | 30g |
For your convinience some of the values have been converted to international units (I.U.).
1. Total Vitamin-E:
This term represents the sum of Natural (innate) and Added (factory-made) vitamin E in Internation Units (I.U.). The innate (naturally found in the food) form of vttamin E is more potent than factory-made. For example, 100 IU of natural vitamin E is equal to about 150 IU of the factory-made form.
Natural Vitamin-E:
Natural vitamin E is made up from four tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta). Although β, γ, and δ-tocopherol do not contribute to vitamin E activity (i.e. measurable International Units), they do play an import role in its metabolism.
Conversion factor for Natural vitamin E is 0.67:
1 IU of α-tocopherol = mg of the RRR-α-tocopherol compound / 0.67
Added Vitamin-E:
Factory-made vitamin E added to foods at the time of manufacture. For the majority of these food items, it is all-rac-α-tocopherol succinate or acetate derived synetically or isolated from natural sources.
Converstion factor for added vitamin E is 0.45:
1 IU of α-tocopherol = mg of the all rac-α-tocopherol compound / 0.45;
Please note that in some foods, the added vitamin E is derived from natural sources in the form pf RRR-alpha-tocopherol (formerly d-alpha-tocopherol). In these insances, the conversion factor as 0.67.
2. Total fat
"Total fat" (also known as crude fat) is not just Saturated, Monounsaturated, and Polyunsaturated fats, but also the the weight of all other lipid components that soluble in the solvent system.