Calories on the menu

Calories on the Menu: Maximising Accuracy

The Harvester, Starbucks and McDonalds along with other large food companies have signed up to the Coalition Government’s Responsibility Deal. One very visible outcome of the Deal is the listing of calories on the menu for the out of home food sold by these and other companies.

Whatever your feelings about having calories on the menu it is certainly one way of supporting people to make choices about what they are eating, and particularly to make choices when they are out of the home.

Nutrition and Wellbeing have expertise in calculating calories, and nutrients. We are trusted to provide Big 8 nutrient calculations for major food producers such as Premier Foods. We are now sharing our expertise in calculating calories on the menu and maximising accuracy in a course entitled Calories on the Menu: Maximising Accuracy.

If you are thinking about calculating calories for for food producers, caterers or restauranteurs we can help you develop your knowledge and skills. The course will cover:

  • Calorie calculation
  • The Big 8 food labelling nutrients and the coming change over to FIR nutrient labelling
  •  Front of pack traffic light labeling and
  • Guideline daily amounts (GDAs)
  • Fruit and vegetable portions

More information about the course is below.

To sign up please click this link .

PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE FOR THIS COURSE HAS CHANGED. IT IS NO LONGER BEING HELD AT THE WIDEGATE STREET ADDRESS.

27th April 2012: Royal Society of Public Health, John Snow Building, 59 Mansell Street, London, E1 8AN. Cost per delegate : £188.

Dietitians and Nutritionists who have already attended Recipe Analysis : Maximising Accuracy and want to learn more about front of pack labelling and guideline daily amounts can sign up for the afternoon sessions at a reduced cost of £80.

If you would like to be notified of similar courses in the future please sign up for our regular updates.

This event is designed to update and improve the knowledge and skills of dietitians and nutritionists in calculating calories and the Big 8 food label nutrients. In particular it is designed to provide a learning opportunity for dietitians and nutritionists to understand how they can minimise known errors in nutrient analysis and therefore produce a legally acceptable analysis.

 Target audience: Dietitians and Nutritionists

Aim: To enable Dietitians and Nutritionists to to support caterers and food producers who declare calories (energy) on menus and who declare nutrients on food labels, by providing accurate calorie (energy) and nutrient calculation.

Course Objectives:

  1. To enhance understanding of legally accepted ways of providing nutrient information
  2. To learn the foundations of calculating calories (energy) accurately on menu items
  3. To understand how to follow  the ‘Guide to Recipe Analysis’ stepwise guide
  4. To learn how to calculate the Big 8 nutrients accurately for food labelling  using nutritional analysis software
  5. To understand the requirements of the new FIR nutrient labelling regulations
  6. To learn how to calculate accurate front of pack traffic light data
  7. To learn how to calculate accurate Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) data
  8. To learn how to calculate accurate fruit and vegetable portions

 Learning Outcomes:

Participants will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

  1. The three legally accepted ways of obtaining nutritional information, as defined in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (as amended)
      • Manufacturer’s analysis
      • Calculation from known or average values of ingredients used
      • Using generally established and accepted data
  2. How food outlets are presenting calories on the menu
  3. Understand nutritional databases and their use in calculating nutrition data for the Big 8 nutrient labelling and FIR nutrient labelling
  4. How to calculate accurate front of pack traffic light data
  5. How to calculate accurate guideline daily amounts (GDA) data
  6. How to calculate accurate fruit and vegetable portions
  7. Understand your professional responsibilities when undertaking nutrient analysis and providing a nutrient profile.

 

The programme for each day

To register please click on the link below:
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE FOR THIS COURSE HAS CHANGED. IT IS NO LONGER BEING HELD AT THE WIDEGATE STREET ADDRESS.

27th April 2012: Royal Society of Public Health, John Snow Building, 59 Mansell Street, London, E1 8AN

Cost per delegate : £188

Dietitians and Nutritionists who have already attended Recipe Analysis : Maximising Accuracy and want to learn more about front of pack labelling and guideline daily amounts can sign up for the afternoon sessions at a reduced cost of £80.

If you would like to be notified of similar courses in the future please sign up for our regular updates.