Reading Food Labels Miami FL

Nowadays, it's a challenge to walk into any grocery store in Miami without being bombarded by health claims on packaged foods, all advertising virtues like "low in fat," "high in fiber" or "organic." To clear up the confusion and help make you a smarter food shopper, we've provided a list of popular packaging terms with clear definitions so your next trip to the grocery store can be a healthier one.

Local Companies

Tower City Food Market
(305) 554-7210
12890 SW 8th St
Miami, FL
Publix Super Markets
(305) 266-1733
5715 NW 7th St
Miami, FL
Winn-Dixie
(305) 757-0696
1100 NW 54th St
Miami, FL
Transamerica Produce
(305) 685-0050
11077 NW 36th Ave
Miami, FL
Winn-Dixie
(305) 226-8764
12254 SW 8th St
Miami, FL
Jibarito Court
(305) 576-9985
3299 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL
Gables Market
(305) 262-0205
2238 SW 57th Ave
Miami, FL
Publix Super Markets
(305) 223-0332
14630 SW 26th St
Miami, FL
22-24 Market Inc
(305) 642-3033
2 SW 13th Ave
Miami, FL
El Cibao Market
(305) 324-1211
1805 NW 22nd St
Miami, FL

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Nowadays, it's a challenge to walk into any grocery store without being bombarded by health claims on packaged foods, all advertising virtues like "low in fat," "high in fiber" or "organic." WomansDay.com spoke with Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, world-renowned author and professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University, to gain insight about health claims on food packaging. According to Nestle, when Congress passed the nutrition labeling law in 1990, food companies protested that if they had to reveal what was bad about their products on the label (such as listing the amount of saturated fat, sodium and sugar), they ought to be able to say what's good about them as well. Enter the food marketing terms "low-calorie," "fat-free" and "antioxidant-enriched." The FDA does have basic rules for food labeling, like regulating certain words that may imply the food product is something it's not, but these days there's so much jargon floating around, it's tough to know what it all means. To clear up the confusion and help make you a smarter food shopper, we've provided a list of popular packaging terms with clear definitions so your next trip to the grocery store can be a healthier one.

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For a food to be labeled as containing antioxidants, the FDA requires that the nutrients have an established Recommended Daily Intakes (RDI) as well as scientifically recognized antioxidant activity. In order to use the "high in antioxidants" labeling, a food has to contain 20% or more of the RDI per serving. For a "good source" claim, the food has to contain between 10% to 19% of the RDI per serving. Most products already contain antioxidants and manufacturers are simply beginning to call it out due to current food and health trends.

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Walgreen Drug Store

736-6008
399 N. Congress Ave.
Boynton Beach, FL