EU labels must be 'per 100 g' or 'per 100 ml'. An additional 'per serving' is optional.
Some UK purchased examples from my kitchen: Butter 'per 100 g' Cheese 'per 100 g' Milk 'per 100 ml' Pate 'per 100g' Carton of orange juice 'per 250ml CARTON' 'per 100ml' Mayonnaise 'per 100ml' 'per 15ml' Chocolate biscuits 'PER 100g' 'PER SINGLE BISCUIT' Mushroom sauce 'per 1/4 JAR' 'per 100g' Bread 'Per slice' 'Per 100g' Quiche 'per 1/3 QUICHE' 'per 100g' Cereal 'per 100g' 'per 50g' Marmite 'Per 100g' 'per 4g serving' A UK supermarket website explains labels at: www.sainsburys.co.uk/labelling Go to the drop down list at the right and select 'nutritional panel' and click 'Go!'. -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jim Elwell > Sent: 01 March 2003 18:36 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:24993] RE: metric and diets > > Showing both 100 g and an "average serving" is a great way to do it! > > Based on your email, I would venture a guess that the 100 g portion is > commonly used in scientific nutrition work, even in the USA (given its use > on the USDA site). > > Jim > > > At 3/1/2003, 02:51 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote: > >Dear Jim and Terry, > > > >All of the cereal packages in Australia have at least two columns of > >nutrition information printed on the package. One of these columns refers > to > >an 'average serving' and the other column refers to a 100 gram serving. > As > >examples, the average serving of 'All-Bran' is 45 g and the average > serving > >of rolled oats is 50 g. > > > >Obviously, if you included (say) some rolled oats in a recipe it would be > >relatively easier to use the 100 gram information to calculate the > >proportions of energy, protein, carbohydrate, etc. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS > >Geelong, Australia > > > >on 2003-03-01 07.09, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >> Of Jim Elwell > > >> Perhaps this "100 g edible portion" will start becoming more of a > > >> "standard" in the world of nutrition, supplanting ounces. > > > > > > I dug around on this topic. I am not sure that manufacturers have much > > > discretion. There is a defined 'reference amount' and 'serving size' > (I > > > think it means the same as edible portion). The serving size must be > the > > > nearest sensible/practical amount that approximates the reference > amount. > > > > > > See: > > > > > > > http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/foodlabel/newlabel.html#serving > > > > > > http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/CF101-12.HTML > > > > > > > > > > > >
