Who Uses a Nutrition Calculation Tool?
- David F. Bartley
A question we’re often asked whenever we tell people what we do is, ‘Who uses a nutrition calculation tool, then?’In fact, there are many applications for a nutrition calculator.For example:
- Manufacturers use it for their labels and specifications
- Caterers use it to meet targets and provide information to clients
- Healthcare and care professionals use it to design meals and products to meet target vitamin and mineral levels
- New Product Developers use it to ensure that the macronutrients meet their targets and to provide information to retailers with new submissions
- Lecturers and teachers use it to teach the next generation of food professionals
- Students use it for their assignments
- Retailers use it for their labels and to research new products
- Consultants use it to support their food professional clients
- Restaurants use it to get nutrition and allergen information
- Wholesalers use it to get customer information
- Trading Standards Officers use it to check labels and to demonstrate how to get healthier products