Look out! Food Labels Where You Should Pay Attention

It is recommended that citizens be attentive to product components, which include different substances with allergic action (e.g. Glutenan cereals, eggs, fish, soybeans, and so forth - special ingredients such as caffeine that have genetically modified health effects and components to prevent harmful health effects.

Likewise, be alert to the use or expiration deadlines, whose overcoming affects the safety and quality of the food product, specific conservation conditions, and use that should be rigorously followed so that the product is safe and maintain its nutrients

When you buy a food item, from chocolates, candys, ice cream, to what you get for cooking, do not read the labels.

Health experts recommend checking information written on these labels, since in many cases you can avoid health problems, increased tension, poisoning, and other serious problems.

After processed food products are ambalded and labeled before offering to sell to the consumer. And this label contains all the complete and clear information about nature, characteristics, security and quality of the food product, writes Mapo newspaper.

To make the right choice in the market, the consumer must be attentive to the information assessment given on the label. But the label of a food product should certainly contain some information that is specified as mandatory, such as the name of the product, the product component list, and the quantity of particular ingredients, the use or expiration schedule, the particular conditions of storage and use, the declaration of net amount, the address of the manufacturer or ambalncing, the location of the origin or origin of food products, so as not to misinterpret consumer use, the instruction for products that are impossible in the absence of such instructions, the degree of alcohol that contains more than 1.2 volumes of alcohol.

Buyers

On the other hand, it is recommended that the consumer be attentive to product components, which include different substances with allergic action (e.g. Glutenan cereals, eggs, fish, soybeans, and so forth - special ingredients such as caffeine that have genetically modified health effects and components to prevent harmful health effects. Likewise, they are attentive to the use or expiration deadlines, whose overcoming affects the safety and quality of the food product, specific conservation conditions, and use that should be rigorously followed so that the product is safe and maintain its nutrients.

Information

Similarly, the label of food products may contain and related food information: energy value, nutrients, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fibers, sods, vitamins, and minerals, as well as nutrious (food) statements that imply any message that indicates, suggests that a food has specific and beneficial properties.

Low energy content ʹdeclaration that a food is low in energy content can only be made when the product contains no more than 40 kcal (170kj)/100 g of solid product or more than 20 kcal (80k)/100 ml liquid product.

Low fat fat content Yndyre '%s' can only be done when the product contains no more than 3 g fat/100 g of solid product or 1.5 g i /100 ml of liquid product (1.8 g fat/100ml for half-scrusted milk).

Without sugar-declaration that food is without sugar, it can only be done when the product contains no more than 0.5g sugar/100ml.

Low sodium content or salt-Declaration that a food has low sodium or salt content can only be done when it contains no more than 0.12 g na or the same value for salt, 100 g or 100 ml. For water, except for natural mineral water, this value should not exceed 2 mg na for 100 ml.

Source protein: The product is a source of protein can only be made when at least 12% of the energy in food is provided by proteins. Health statements that imply any message you show suggest or imply that there is a relationship between a category of food, food, or a component of it and health.

Health statements may be; functionally, for example: it helps keep cholesterol healthy; it contains calcium/helps to strengthen bones; rich in fiber/helps in treatment, etc., which refers to lowering risk of the disease, for example: it helps lower cholesterol levels in blood; low sodium content diet reduces risk of high blood pressure, etc.

Look out!

Statements not allowed to be made on the food product label, such as general health statements such as excellent for the body, help keep the body healthy and new. Or statements suggesting that failure to consume the product affect health as well as statements referring to weight loss. The domestic food products contain information on the label in Albanian, the news.net.

Import

In imported products the product labels, its characteristics (natural properties, compounds), its use, its conservation conditions, the latest use date, and the importator's address, should be given in Albanian on the original label or in counterethics