Food Labelling

 New Dietary Guidelines  Australian Guide to Healthy Eating  Food Labelling  How Too?  Calculate Nutritional Information Panels  Write ingredients lists

 New guidelines released this year.  1999, 2003, 2013  NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council)  Recommendations – healthy eating, realistic, practical and science based.  Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.  1998  2013 – new look

 FSANZ (Food Standards Australia and New Zealand)  Name or description of the food  Nutrition information panel (NIP)  Percentage Labelling  Food recall information  Information for allergy sufferers  Date Marking  Ingredients list – all foods and non foods (additives)  Directions for use and storage  Country of origin

 Developed the Food Standards Code  The Code –  Regulates use of ingredients including additives  Details what a food should be composed of  Provides Labelling guidelines and rules for foods

 Name or description of the food  Company Logo

 Ingredients list  In descending order (by ingoing weight)

 Date marking.  Used by – small shelf life  Best Before – long shelf life  For your Product write  “Date product was made”

 Directions for use.  Pan Fry  Reheat in Oven 180°C for 20 minutes  Directions for storage.

 Country of Origin  School of Origin

 In groups of 3 or 4  Write product name  Fill in missing NIP information  Fill in missing ingredients information  Circle additives  Record date marking information  Record country of origin information

 Name or description of the Food  Prepare Produce Provide – Logo  Create a Nutrition Information Panel  Write Ingredients list  Date Produced  Directions for use and storage  School of origin

MOROCCAN STYLE CHICKEN  Keep Frozen.  Store at or Below minus 18°C  Cooking Instructions  Pan Fry  Lightly cover the base of a non- stick fry pan with olive oil, heat to medium.  Cook frozen meal for 20 minutes, carefully stirring every 3 minutes.

MOROCCAN STYLE CHICKEN  Keep Frozen.  Store at or Below minus 18°C  Cooking Instructions  Pan Fry  Lightly cover the base of a non- stick fry pan with olive oil, heat to medium.  Cook frozen meal for 20 minutes, carefully stirring every 3 minutes.

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The new look NPC has been designed around the steps that you would typically take to produce a nutrition information panel. There are four main steps. You need to: 1. Search the NPC database (or your custom list) for each ingredient in your recipe 2. Select and add each ingredient to your ingredient list, including the amount used 3. Enter your final recipe or batch weight (if it is different to the weight of your ingoing ingredients), the serve size and number of serves per package and 4. Produce your nutrition information panel and then print or save it.

 Descending order by Ingoing weight.  Food Present in the greatest amount to least amount.  Additives – any substance added to a food eg flavour, colour, preservative, starch, vegetable gum.  Percentages ? Up to you.

Have fun Prepare Produce Provide Project 2013

 Name or description of the Food  Prepare Produce Provide – Logo  Create a Nutrition Information Panel  Write Ingredients list  Date Produced  Directions for use and storage  School of origin

1. ds/nutritionpanelcalculator/ ds/nutritionpanelcalculator/ 2. Proceed to legal agreement and terms of use 3. Click “I agree” 4. Proceed to Nutrition Calculator Panel