How accurate is nutrition information on product labels?

How accurate is nutrition information on product labels?

How do they figure out how many calories are in a product? Is that something that’s very accurate, or is it more of an estimate? Also, do they account for every last drop, or do they assume that part of the product will be lost during cooking (example: fat cooking off of meat). I have been keeping track of calories to lose weight, and I wonder how accurate my count really is when I base it on the information that is on food labels. Thanks! :)

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2 Comments for How accurate is nutrition information on product labels?

  • 1. meghanraeann  |  November 23rd, 2010 at 10:16 am

    FDA requirements are that they must be within 2%.

  • 2. Dolphin lover  |  November 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 am

    The real question is…have you been paying attention to the serving size? For example, most bottled soda’s have 2 servings, or a granola bar (2 bars per pack) is actually 2 servings.

    Look closer at that and see if that helps.

    I do believe the nutrition information is pretty accurate though.

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