All food products need labels to show their constitutional materials to consumers. Consumers should pay attention to the label and information on it while purchasing. This information helps them choose healthy food and know the useful shelf life. We must know the complete label information to respect the rights of consumers, improve consumption patterns, and increase awareness.
What types of information should a label have?
The label has a table of nutrition facts showing its main compounds based on the average needed energy of the body. This table reports the percentage of nutritional needs of the body including carbohydrates, fats (Tans and Saturated), protein, cholesterol, fiber, sugar, vitamins, and minerals. In addition, other information such as the ingredients of products and their percentages, date of production, expiration date, barcode, manufacturing series, keeping condition, caution of allergens, instructions for use, health requirements, product weight, factory address, etc. should be stated on the label.
Voluntary information on food label
In addition to the stated information, some information can be mentioned voluntarily and for further guidance of consumers. Furthermore, when you have a claim about a specific product, its documents and certificates should be definitely mentioned and that product must have that characteristic. They include the claim of Halal, without preservatives, gluten free, low gluten, irradiation, organic, natural, low fat, high fat, non-GMO, etc.
The complex of dried vegetables, dried fruit, date, and nut of Foodlord provides a transparent and complete label for each food, and natural and healthy products.