Accuracy of Canadian food labels for sodium content of food

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3326-3335

  Fitzpatrick, Laura ^a   Arcand, Jo Anne ^b   L'Abbe, Mary ^b   Deng, Mengying ^a   Duhaney, Tara ^a   Campbell, Norm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calories; Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA); Food label accuracy; Monitoring population salt intake; Nutrition Facts table (NFt); Nutrition policy; Saturated fatty acids; Sodium; Sugar; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR; FATTY ACID; SODIUM INTAKE; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAW; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD PACKAGING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROCEDURES; SODIUM INTAKE; STANDARDS;

CANADA; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD LABELING; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RESTAURANTS; SODIUM, DIETARY; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84927169843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6083326     Document Type: Article

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