recently I did a diet, and well I counted calories and took care about how my nutrition was doing, however, now I wonder is there a government or private agency that actually checks that the labels on food are correct ?
if it says that I am getting 100 calories, some sodium and potassium, are those just numbers they got out of the blue ( the manufacturers ) or some organization gives them the information ?
what about changes on the recipies ? changes on the manufacturing products ? is all that taken into account ? to they check the values every X years ? or for instance we have the same nutritional information for a product from when it was first evaluated and now ?
and also, is there a way that I can actually "count" calories at home, like burning food or something, just to see if what they claim is correct ?
Thank you !
if it says that I am getting 100 calories, some sodium and potassium, are those just numbers they got out of the blue ( the manufacturers ) or some organization gives them the information ?
what about changes on the recipies ? changes on the manufacturing products ? is all that taken into account ? to they check the values every X years ? or for instance we have the same nutritional information for a product from when it was first evaluated and now ?
and also, is there a way that I can actually "count" calories at home, like burning food or something, just to see if what they claim is correct ?
Thank you !