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Why it's important
Nutritional information is vital for promoting public health, ensuring transparency in the food industry, supporting dietary needs, and educating consumers. By providing data like calorie counts, nutrient breakdowns, and portion sizes, it empowers individuals to make informed food choices tailored to their health goals, medical requirements, or personal preferences.
- If your restaurant is part of a chain of 20 or more establishments, you are legally obligated to provide nutritional information on your menu (including drive-thru menus). The passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, section 4205, required that establishments with 20 or more locations provide their customers with menu information.
- Your menu may include a statement such as “Additional nutrition information available upon request.”
- If you package food for retail sale, you must display a nutrition declaration for the product. This is usually referred to as back-of-pack nutrition labeling.
How to use it
Each ingredient includes a section for Nutrient Codes, which are sourced directly from the USDA database. If you don't find a specific code, remember that the USDA doesn't list every ingredient; you can create your own Custom Nutrition.
1) To find the USDA nutrient code, look in the nutrient box in the lower left corner of every ingredient screen. Type in the ingredient's name to find the one that is most closely related.
2) This is a Prep Recipe for roasted salmon. Each ingredient has a USDA or Custom Nutrient Code:
3) The above Prep Recipe is used for salmon in a Serving Recipe:
4) At the bottom of the serving recipe, there is a Nutrition section. This section uses USDA and custom nutrition codes based on the amount of each ingredient used to calculate the nutrition facts label.