How Good Are you at Choosing the Healthiest Foods? QUIZ

TrainerRobin
TrainerRobin Posts: 509 Member
edited September 23 in Food and Nutrition
I think I'm pretty good at this, generally, but I did miss a couple here.

If you haven't see the NUVAL nutrition labeling system in your nearby grocery store yet, look for it. It's awesome. At the NUVAL website, they have a quiz ... it's the green banner that says "nutrition by the numbers." Give it a try and report back on your score!
http://www.nuval.com/

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  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    44 lol
  • annabanana05
    annabanana05 Posts: 69
    i scored 46, that was really good. i havent saw those scores at my local store
  • pghfan
    pghfan Posts: 119
    66
  • redwngs13
    redwngs13 Posts: 194 Member
    62. Not too shabby.
  • kyoules
    kyoules Posts: 37 Member
    88. I'm a vegetarian and had to completely guess on salmon, clams, lobster, turkey breast, ham, etc.
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    62, but I've never heard of half that stuff. and 2 of them they said I was wrong but it was the same score for both, what's up with that? How can they have the same food score and be wrong?
  • jessieinblue
    jessieinblue Posts: 287 Member
    72 :o

    For three of the questions I mixed up the healthiest two, but they were within two "points" of each other. Hmph.
  • ShannonWinger
    ShannonWinger Posts: 309 Member
    I got a 68. That was fun!
  • zer0vital
    zer0vital Posts: 42
    58. As a game designer, I think this quiz has serious shortcomings...but in the sense that it has us here all talking about NuVal scores, it is a success!
  • ksv123
    ksv123 Posts: 82 Member
    68 - and I really surprised myself! Some were so close in points!
  • missgreen74_2003
    missgreen74_2003 Posts: 52 Member
    i got a 62
  • Wildflower3475
    Wildflower3475 Posts: 79 Member
    58 lol not bad. I hope it comes to my grocery store. What a great idea!
  • heyitsmekatie
    heyitsmekatie Posts: 544 Member
    30... I don't get their nutrition scale.
  • chrish1981
    chrish1981 Posts: 156
    53.

    What's the top score? 100?
  • jhann16
    jhann16 Posts: 62
    58...not too bad considering I don't eat many processed foods. I totally had to guess on all the crackers, cookies and chips.
  • princessmikayla5
    princessmikayla5 Posts: 140 Member
    75. Some of the stuff I've never heard of before.
  • TrainerRobin
    TrainerRobin Posts: 509 Member
    Y'all did pretty well. I love their system of scoring foods. Sure wish it was on the front label of all products in all stores. Would make it easier for the masses to make healthier choices. What is easier than red light, yellow light, green light?

    A brief description from the NuVal website:

    NuVal™ Scores summarize comprehensive nutritional information in one simple number between 1 and 100. Each NuVal™ Score takes into account more than just the nutrition fact panel. It considers 30-plus nutrients and nutrition factors – the good (protein, calcium, vitamins) and the not-so-good (sugar, sodium, cholesterol). And then it boils it down into a simple, easy-to-use number; a number you can trust to make better decisions about nutrition in just a few seconds.

    For more information on how they calculate the numbers, check this out: http://www.nuval.com/science Think there is any chance Walmart would ever use this system? :ohwell:
  • AKosky585
    AKosky585 Posts: 607 Member
    Got a 51.
  • VanessaHarris
    VanessaHarris Posts: 1
    45 =(
  • maeflower1234
    maeflower1234 Posts: 87 Member
    I got 63. Hyvee has this in my town.
  • prot11
    prot11 Posts: 15
    58. As a game designer, I think this quiz has serious shortcomings...but in the sense that it has us here all talking about NuVal scores, it is a success!
    DIng ding ding :) - more marketing.
  • MrsChasteen
    MrsChasteen Posts: 48 Member
    I got a 45 then took it a second time and got a 65, I learned a lot....the foods change...that was very interesting. I am not familiar with some of the foods but I was surprised to find that some of the processed foods were so healthy. I also realized that some of the foods I eat are not as healthy as I assumed...the Horizon 2% Organic milk I drink was a 55 and lobster and crab was significantly less nutritional than shrimp and some of the other foods. I am excited to look more into this system.
  • prot11
    prot11 Posts: 15
    "boils it down into a simple, easy-to-use number; a number you can trust to make better decisions about nutrition in just a few seconds. "

    NO. Another attempt to reduce and over simplify everything because people in general want simple and easy. Sometimes you just have to take the time read the real label, and take the time to educate yourself to know what it means. There is absolutely no way a single number can represent even all the info that's included in the standard nutritional values table, let alone the ingredients.
  • hannahbanana441
    hannahbanana441 Posts: 4
    I got 64. I thought I was better at this! Haha
  • rachmaree
    rachmaree Posts: 782 Member
    I got 88?! Super happy about that :) Loved doing the test, also!
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