Let’s get serious about the packaged foods that we buy everyday.
As a discerning consumer you must go a little further to know deeply about the packaged food products you are buying for yourself and your family.
A food product travels far more than what someone ever travels in their life. From sourcing the raw materials to being processed and getting into your shelf a product travels a lot, and also carries a whole lot of information with itself. It’s time to know what is the most important data that a consumer must see before buying a packaged food product.
There are mainly 3 components every packaged foods have which carries information about what the product is all about.
- Front Package Label .
- Nutrition Facts Label.
- Ingredients List.
Let’s discuss which component one must take into account primarily and importantly before buying the packed food.
FRONT PACKAGE LABEL
Front package labels are mostly there to lure consumers with health fads. And hide the negative sides of the product that it may have. The front package pictures are most of the time used for illustrative purposes. So it is never suggested to buy a product by getting attracted to its front package label and designs.
NUTRITION FACTS LABEL
Nutrition facts provides valuable information but it seeks a “Reductionist Approach” towards health. There are numerous ways to manipulate the figures and mislead consumers. It is also a costly process to determine nutrition facts, hence some manufacturers resort to general databases. Also the RDA or DV Value varies greatly between The Sex, Age, Genetic and Environmental Factors.
INGREDIENTS LIST
To go deep into what you eat, it is very important to analyze the Ingredients list. The Ingredients list tells a lot about the quality of the food Ingredients and gives an idea of its quantity in the processed food. It will tell you if you are having something refined like isolates, GMO Substances, Additives and much more.
CONCLUSION
The Main Aim Should Be To Determine The Quality Of The Packaged Food. And Out of The 3 elements The Ingredient List Does the Best Job. Remember What Matters The Most Is Healthy Calories; The Source Of It. 100 Calories From An Apple is Never Same As 100 Calories Of Cookies.