The nutrient values for brand name food products in the database don precisely match the values on the products Nutrition Facts panel. Why?
Nutrient values in the NCC Food and Nutrient Database for brand name foods do not precisely match the information on product Nutrition Facts panels for a number of reasons. One reason is that values in the database are not rounded to the nearest whole number as is allowed on the Nutrition Facts Panel. Another reason is that the database values may not reflect recent changes in the marketplace. For example, if General Mills reformulates Cheerios today the nutrient values in the current version of our database may no longer match those on the product label. Discrepancies between database and Nutrition Facts panel values may be due to use of the nutrient composition of representative foods for some brand name product categories for which the nutrient composition across brands is similar. As an example, although the database includes several brands of pretzel twists, the nutrient values assigned to each are based on a representative pretzel twist. It is important to note that use of a repr
Related Questions
- In the database there are a lot of brand name products in some food product categories such as snack crackers but no brand name products in other categories such as canned and frozen vegetables. Why?
- When I ask for the same product from a factory that is already producing OEM products for an international brand company, they can not provide the same quality. Why?
- Why is it so expensive for gluten free products?
