What’s the secret of NRV% in the nutrition facts table?
You must know these food label indicators during weight loss!
What does NRV stand for and how much is it? NRV% on the nutrition facts table, simple and easy to understand sample data interpretation.
NRV nutrient reference value: To understand NRV%, we first need to understand NRV. NRV stands for Nutrients Reference Value, which represents the recommended daily intake of certain nutrients in my country. This represents how much of this nutrient you need to eat every day. According to the national standards, the recommended daily intake of each nutrient is shown in the table below. Since everyone’s physical condition is different, the specific intake needs to be adjusted according to their own conditions.
NRV%: You can see this value in the rightmost column of the nutritional label on the food packaging bag. Simply put, this value represents "the nutrients contained in each serving of food, accounting for the recommended intake for the whole day." percentage".
If you eat this 100g piece of chocolate for afternoon tea, it is equivalent to eating 24% of our recommended energy intake today (about 480 calories) and 40% of our recommended fat intake. So in order to ensure that the caloric intake throughout the day does not exceed the standard, we need to consciously reduce the intake of regular meals and try to control the fat intake, otherwise it is easy to exceed the standard and gain weight!
Daily use of NRV%:
Quickly assess calories and nutrients: Through the previous example of chocolate, we know that we can quickly know how much a certain food takes up throughout our day through NRV% The appropriate proportion of intake will help us adjust subsequent intake.
Quickly compare different foods: You can quickly compare the nutrients of different foods by looking at NRV%, and choose foods with higher contents of protein, dietary fiber, etc. and lower contents of trans fat, saturated fat, sodium, etc.
Judge the nutritional quality of food: Choose foods and snacks within the appropriate range of each nutrient: for example, carefully consider eating foods that contain trans fat and a lot of sodium. NRV%≤5% is low content; NRV%∈(10%-19%) is high content; NRV≥20% is very high content.