Transcript Food Logos - Health & Social Care & D&T Teaching Resource

Food Logos
Lesson objective – to know
what a range of food logos
mean and terms
Many logos and icons are placed on food products
you need to understand what these are
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Fairtrade
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Red tractor
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Soil association
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E on packaging
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•Fairtrade
•Red tractor
•Soil association
•E on packaging
The E-mark, when placed on a
package, is a declaration by the
packer that the contents comply
with the average system Directives
There is no requirement for
packages to be labelled with the Emark, which is entirely optional for
the packer. But the Regulations
prohibit its use on packages which
do not meet certain criteria.
The Soil Association
Organic Standard logo
indicates that the product
is certified organic by the
Soil Association. The
product should also carry
the Soil Association code
UK5 somewhere on the
packaging.
The Fairtrade Directory is a
comprehensive guide of
Fairtrade Retailers and Caterers
in Dacorum - AVAILABLE NOW please contact us and we will
send you a copy.
The Red Tractor scheme is run by a
not-for-profit organisation and covers
a wide variety of products including
fruit, vegetables, flour and a number
of types of meat. While less stringent
than some of the other schemes it
ensures that minimum standards are
maintained for animal welfare and the
environment as well as food safety
and hygiene standards.
Government Guidelines
• DRV
• RNI
• LRNI
• Safe Intake
• GDA
Government terms for
healthy diet evaluations
• Dietary reference value – this is an overall term
to cover EAR LRNI and RNI
• EAR – estimated average requirements for any
group of people but, like any average, some will
need more and some will; need less
• RNI – reference nutrient intake – an amount of a
nutrient that is enough or more than enough, for
approximately 97 per cent of a population group
• LRNI – lower reference nutrient intake – is the
amount of nutrient that is enough for a few
people in a population group who have low needs
Government terms for
healthy diet evaluations
• Safe intake – this term is used where there is
lack of evidence regarding how much of a
nutrient is needed by the body. Safe intake, as its
name suggests, si the amount that is thought to
satisfy most people’s needs without any harmful
effects
• GDA – guideline daily amounts were developed
by food manufacturers and retailers. Based on
DRV’s they are intended to simplify nutritional
information on food labels.
What exactly is a Guideline Daily
Amount (GDA)?
• Quite simply, Guideline Daily
Amounts (GDAs) can be used to take
the guesswork out of what we should
be eating, making planning a healthy
balanced diet much easier.
How GDA’s differ for men, women and
children
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GDA labelling for grown ups
All the Guideline Daily Amounts that you'll find on your What's Inside Guide are
based on the recommendations for an average adult of healthy weight and average
activity level. But, of course, men and women are different – so they also have
different GDAs for some nutrients.
To keep things simple, however, rather than using two sets of figures on every label,
we've stuck to using the GDAs for women throughout (this is shown as the 'adult'
GDA on the pack). That way, if you're a man and you're using your What's Inside
Guide, you know you'll definitely be well within all of your GDAs.
Kids GDAs are child's play
• Children have different needs to adults, so they have different GDAs too. These are
listed below and are based on an average child aged between 5 and 10.
The important thing to remember is that the What's Inside Guide is a guide. Use it to
give yourself a good idea of what you're eating and to help you decide what's right
for you.
Take a look at the table below to find out more about your specific GDAs:
BMR – basal metabolic rate
The BMR formula uses the
variables of height, weight, age
and gender to calculate the
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
This is more accurate than
calculating calorie needs based
on body weight alone.
The only factor it omits is lean
body mass and thus the ratio of
muscle-to-fat a body has.
Remember, leaner bodies need
more calories than less leaner
ones.
Task – what sport can you carry out
to increase your Basal Metabolic
rate?