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Perspective: A Defi...
Perspective: A Definition for Whole-Grain Food Products-Recommendations from the Healthgrain Forum
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- Ross, Alastair, 1976 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- van der Kamp, Jan-Willem (author)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek (TNO),Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
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- King, Roberto (author)
- Nestle S.A.
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- Lê, Kim-Anne (author)
- Nestle S.A.
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- Mejborn, Heddie (author)
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,Technical University of Denmark
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- Seal, C. J. (author)
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Thielecke, F. (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2017
- 2017
- English.
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In: Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.). - : Elsevier BV. - 2161-8313 .- 2156-5376. ; 8:4, s. 525-531
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- Whole grains are a key component of a healthy diet, and enabling consumers to easily choose foods with a high whole-grain content is an important step for better prevention of chronic disease. Several definitions exist for whole-grain foods, yet these do not account for the diversity of food products that contain cereals. With the goal of creating a relatively simple whole-grain food definition that aligns with whole-grain intake recommendations and can be applied across all product categories, the Healthgrain Forum, a not-for-profit consortium of academics and industry working with cereal foods, established a working group to gather input from academics and industry to develop guidance on labeling the whole-grain content of foods. The Healthgrain Forum recommends that a food may be labeled as "whole grain" if it contains ≥30% whole-grain ingredients in the overall product and contains more whole grain than refined grain ingredients, both on a dry-weight basis. For the purposes of calculation, added bran and germ are not considered refined-grain ingredients. Additional recommendations are also made on labeling whole-grain content in mixed-cereal foods, such as pizza and ready meals, and a need to meet healthy nutrition criteria. This definition allows easy comparison across product categories because it is based on dry weight and strongly encourages a move from generic whole-grain labels to reporting the actual percentage of whole grain in a product. Although this definition is for guidance only, we hope that it will encourage more countries to adopt regulation around the labeling of whole grains and stimulate greater awareness and consumption of whole grains in the general population.
Subject headings
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Livsmedelsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Food Science (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Annan teknik -- Livsmedelsteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Other Engineering and Technologies -- Food Engineering (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Näringslära (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nutrition and Dietetics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- dietary guidelines
- food guidelines
- food labelling
- food regulation
- dietary intake
- whole grains
- public policy
- cereal
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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