Percent (%) Daily Value on the nutritional
information/label of food items is a section that tells you whether the
nutrients (total fat, sodium, calcium, dietary fiber, etc.) in one serving of
food contribute a little or a lot to your total daily diet.
In
a day there is a recommended amount of each nutrient that you should take. How much of that in percentages, does eating
one serving of a particular food provide your body?
The
%DVs is based on a 2000-calorie diet.
Each
listed nutrient is based on 100% of the daily recommended amounts for that
nutrient.
For example, 18% DV for total fat means that one
serving provides 18% of the total amount of fat that you are recommended to eat
in a day. Meaning you still have to make up for the remaining (100 – 18) % = 82%
to meet your daily recommended intake of total fat in this particular case.
Even
though it is based on a 2000-calorie diet, it can be used to indicate
lower/higher diets are in particular nutrient as well.
Use the Quick Guide to Percent DV (%DV):
1.
If a particular food is labeled as having a 5%DV or less of a particular
nutrient, it means the food in question is low in supply of that particular
nutrient.
2.
Also, a 20%DV or more of a nutrient label on a food means the food in question
is high in the supply of the particular nutrient.
CONCLUSION
Just
have at the back of your mind that, a Daily Value (DV %) percent of 5 percent
or less is low and one of 20 percent or more is high according to the US FDA.
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This article was reviewed on Monday, 31st
April, 2013 By Nu. Sallah
Stanley Kwesi (Nutritionist at Nutritional Talk)
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