每周評論
你不能通過封麵來判斷一個果汁
一個維生素含量高,另一個,它不。
並不rib-tickler是嗎?事實上,我甚至不確定這是一個笑話,但是她那句逗笑的話確實有踢它,並導致了相當大的尷尬世界領先的跨國公司之一。葛蘭素史克(GSK),廣受歡迎的果汁飲料Ribena生產商最近不得不承認它的一些果汁不包含維生素C,他們聲稱的水平。為什麼?由於不同營養成分的本地出產的黑加侖子在某些國家。當前立法營養標簽不考慮影響當地的成分對全球供應產品。因此,消費者信心在他們購買的產品是失敗的。最近麵臨的窘迫GSK突顯的問題在全球範圍內提供產品營養標簽是否準確地告知消費者的吃喝。過去幾周特別動蕩的公司,後營養宣稱其Ribena標簽上被質疑——所有的人——一群學生在新西蘭。在他們班測試執行期間,學生們發現,盡管Ribena宣稱的“富含維生素C”,實際上這種飲料含有非常少。 This led to the GSK disclosing just a few weeks ago that claims being made about some Ribena products being sold in Australia may also be misleading consumers. Just a week later however, independent testing by Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) found that samples of the drink being sold in the country did meet GSK's nutritional claims regarding high vitamin C content. The reason for this discrepancy according to the AVA was simple. Samples of Ribena being sold in both Malaysia and Singapore are produced separately from the product that is available in Australia and New Zealand. It is not geography that is the problem here, however, but the difficulties in sourcing local ingredients for a global product. To suggest, after all, that an apple in one part of the world will have the same nutritional benefits as an apple from a different part of the world, is an unfair expectation. And herein lies the problem for nutrition labelling. How can companies truly inform clients of a product's nutritional content when it relies on average data and not figures relating to the product in hand? It would be unfair to simply blame GSK for this problem, as it is only one of many global companies that locally source raw ingredients for their products. But in every case, nutrition labelling must take into account the differences between ingredients from each individual region. In a publication released, ironically, just before GSK's recent disclosure, a report for the Food Legal Bulletin questioned the very point of the current legislation on making health claims.“所有這些數據不管其來源將受到被平均或意味著積累多年的數據從許多分析,“狀態報告。“令人費解的是,法律總是假定這個數據來源於相同的命名生物來源,雖然這個假設是一個虛構的。”營養含量可能因個人而異天氣條件和農民的治療,報告問題標簽實踐的有效性在準確判斷一個產品的營養價值。”因為它是由法律強製要求所有食品營養信息麵板陪包裝食品的標簽,或者可以要求買方未包裝的食物,有什麼意義的法律存在嗎?”總結報告。然而立法營養標簽是非常重要的,特別是對於公司熱衷於利用消費者對營養的需求不斷增長,食品和飲料。但除非工業和衛生當局可以完全證實是什麼在他們的產品,他們的風險更尷尬的標題和消費者的強烈反對。每周評論文章運行在所有在線出版物由決定新聞媒體和針對食品行業。尼爾與生命是一個AP-Foodtechnology.com的記者,寫了各種各樣的問題在英國和法國出版物。如果你想要評論這篇文章,請電子郵件Neil.Merrett特'decisionnews.com