Nutrition Facts Labels

Linda Faus, B.S.

Linda  is the nds expert on rules and regulations for food product labeling.

She also writes a bi-monthly column on restaurant foods and recipes for the Oregonian newspaper. 

Nutrition and Diet Services 
FDA Food Labeling Regulations

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires a "Full Disclosure Statement" which lists ingredients in descending order by weight.

With the Nutrition Facts Panel, NDS provides

• Basic Ingredient Statement in descending order by weight at no additional charge. 
  
  For example Enriched Wheat Flour (list sub-ingredients), water, Shortening (list sub ingredients). Yeast, Salt.
  
  (list sub ingredients) means that you must fill in the parentheses with the ingredients that appear on your "Enriched Wheat Flour" package in the same order that they appear on the product you use.
  
• Full Disclosure Ingredient Statements are provided for an extra charge: 
  
  FDA requires that all ingredients in your product be listed in descending order by weight and fully described including any sub-ingredients for each of the ingredients in your product. Sub-ingredients must also be listed by weight within parentheses.
  
  For example Enriched Wheat Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Water, Shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil with beta carotene [color]). Yeast, Salt.
  
  The ingredients listed in italics are considered the full disclosure sub-ingredients

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