Bebidas enriquecidas con vitaminas antioxidantes: aspectos legales y estudio de su etiquetado nutricional

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Veröffentlicht: Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos 2001
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contents Bebidas enriquecidas con vitaminas antioxidantes: aspectos legales y estudio de su etiquetado nutricional M. Rodríguez Comesaña M. López Reyes M. S. García Falcón J. Simal Gándara Química Enriched beverages antioxidant vitamins nutritional labeling Due to the benefits of antioxidant vitamins A, E and C, in the protection of the organism against free radicals, they are beingincreasingly used by the food industry to enrich foodstuffs, including a large variety of beverages. On the contrary than in USA orJapan, in Europe there are no specific regulations to control these products. This legal gap is contributing to the confusion of theconsumers, producing problematic situations in some sectors of the population, such as in the case of pregnant women. According tonutritional labeling, this type of enriched products must reflect the nutritional properties. To verify whether these products fulfil theregulation in this study we checked labels in 16 samples, observing irregularities in the about 81% of the products. These irregularitiesare mainly: incorrect expressions of vitamin contents, omission of vitamin A proportions regarding RDAs, and deficiencies in thelowest level of vitamin C for enrichment. © 2001 Altaga. All rights reserved. 2001 artículo científico 1135-8122 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=72430308 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=724 Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria application/pdf Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria (México) Num.3 Vol.3
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spellingShingle Bebidas enriquecidas con vitaminas antioxidantes: aspectos legales y estudio de su etiquetado nutricional
M. Rodríguez Comesaña
Química
Enriched beverages
antioxidant vitamins
nutritional labeling
Bebidas enriquecidas con vitaminas antioxidantes: aspectos legales y estudio de su etiquetado nutricional M. Rodríguez Comesaña M. López Reyes M. S. García Falcón J. Simal Gándara Química Enriched beverages antioxidant vitamins nutritional labeling Due to the benefits of antioxidant vitamins A, E and C, in the protection of the organism against free radicals, they are beingincreasingly used by the food industry to enrich foodstuffs, including a large variety of beverages. On the contrary than in USA orJapan, in Europe there are no specific regulations to control these products. This legal gap is contributing to the confusion of theconsumers, producing problematic situations in some sectors of the population, such as in the case of pregnant women. According tonutritional labeling, this type of enriched products must reflect the nutritional properties. To verify whether these products fulfil theregulation in this study we checked labels in 16 samples, observing irregularities in the about 81% of the products. These irregularitiesare mainly: incorrect expressions of vitamin contents, omission of vitamin A proportions regarding RDAs, and deficiencies in thelowest level of vitamin C for enrichment. © 2001 Altaga. All rights reserved. 2001 artículo científico 1135-8122 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=72430308 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=724 Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria application/pdf Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria (México) Num.3 Vol.3
title Bebidas enriquecidas con vitaminas antioxidantes: aspectos legales y estudio de su etiquetado nutricional
topic Química
Enriched beverages
antioxidant vitamins
nutritional labeling
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=72430308