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 FIC nutrient labelling
  •  Front of pack traffic light labeling
  • new: regulations on front of pack labelling will change in later Summer 2013. The updated regulations will be taught on this course.
  • Guideline daily amounts (GDAs)
  • Fruit and vegetable portions

We will be doing some nutritional analysis on the day and do assume that you can analyse recipes. We do also offer a course on recipe analysis:maximising accuracy.

More information about Calories on the Menu are below.

We are running the course on two dates

5th September 2013: In Tuition House, 210 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JX.

12th September 2013: In Tuition House, 210 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JX.

Cost per delegate : £195. To sign up please click the date you’d like to come along.

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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 nutrition informaiton on food labels 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 understand the requirements of the new FIC nutrient labelling regulations
  3. To learn how to calculate the Big 8 nutrients accurately for food labelling  using nutritional analysis software
  4. To understand how to make nutrition claims
  5. To understand health claims on food labels
  6. To learn how to calculate accurate NEW 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 FIC 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.

To register please click on the link below:
5th September 2013: In Tuition House, 210 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JX.
12th September 2013: In Tuition House, 210 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JX.

Cost per delegate : £195

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