The meaning of food label and nutrition label

No matter in the past or now, we always pay special attention to what we eat. We are also very concerned about the shelf life and nutritional composition of food. So food labels and nutrition labels were born. In this way, when we buy food, we can clearly know what the nutritional content of the food contains.

Food nutrition label includes: nutrition composition, nutrition information or nutrition claims and health claims. It is the main means to display food composition, characteristics and performance of food, to convey food nutrition information to consumers, but also to carry out nutrition education to the public, a guide to choose a healthy diet.

In recent years, with the development of market economy and the increasing internationalization of commodity circulation, the content and form of food nutrition labels play a more and more important role in carrying out fair trade, guiding and promoting consumption, protecting the rights and interests of consumers and their health. Food labeling has gradually shifted from protecting consumers from economic losses to protecting consumers from risk factors of health damage. Food label "nutrition" and "health" has become a worldwide pursuit and trend, but also marks the modernization of food industry and human civilization progress.

In a sense, the food label is an "identity card" of food, which is a description of the nutritional characteristics of food to consumers. We can understand the nutritional composition and nutritional characteristics of food according to the food label, and the important way of related nutritional knowledge.