Accuracy of nutritional information?

whatthegub Posts: 12 Member

February 2015 edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could tell me how accurate Nutritional Values are on food packaging (maybe more specifically to the UK).

Thank you!

whatthegub

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  Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member

  February 2015

  Dunno about the UK, but here in Norway it's pretty spot on.

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  whatthegub Posts: 12 Member

  February 2015

  Thanks for your quick reply.

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  TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member

  February 2015

  The nature of food is that the numbers on the package could be off by as much as 20%.

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  Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member

  February 2015

  Pretty sure they have a 20% leeway in the US.

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  sp940 Posts: 12 Member

  February 2015

  I got curious so I looked into it. Didn't find the exact percentage but it's got to be there somewhere.
  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/contents/made
  

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  whatthegub Posts: 12 Member

  February 2015

  Thanks for the replies, peeps.
  

  sp940 wrote: »

  I got curious so I looked into it. Didn't find the exact percentage but it's got to be there somewhere.
  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/contents/made

  
  Thanks for the source, the closest I could find to what I was looking for was here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/schedule/7/made

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