{"id":16093,"date":"2020-09-14T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T18:48:08","slug":"interactive-nutrition-facts-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/14\/interactive-nutrition-facts-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Nutrition Facts Label"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/newlabel-large-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/newlabel-large-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/newlabel-large.png 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore\nthe updated food label online. The online tool provides an overview of the\nlabel and each of its elements. See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/InteractiveNutritionFactsLabel\/factsheets.cfm\">https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/InteractiveNutritionFactsLabel\/factsheets.cfm<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a helpful tip about the ingredient list on the package: Ingredients are listed in <strong>descending order by weight<\/strong>, so the ingredient that weighs the most in the product is listed first, and the ingredient that weighs the least is listed last. <br> <br>You may also be interested in this ingredient guide concerning whether items are vegetarian or not: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a> <br> <br> The contents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the updated food label online. The online tool provides an overview of the label and each of its elements. See: https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/InteractiveNutritionFactsLabel\/factsheets.cfm Here&#8217;s a helpful tip about the ingredient list on the package: Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the ingredient that weighs the most in the product is listed first, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16095,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093\/revisions\/16095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}