The software tools for FOP nutrition labelling

The adequate and reliable menus nutrition labelling need a well-designed and easy-to-use digital tool, including an acceptable algorithm of nutritional profile comparing with the energy & nutrients DRV. The complex structure of the dish units and the meals associations of culinary products and beverages deliver more variables in the algorithm calculation which need to be adequate calibrated and integrated in a reliable software tool. Also, the using of the software programs dedicated to the calculation of the required nutritional labelling information offer, also, approximate values of the nutrition value depending on proposed mathematical algorithm, the nutriments energy coefficient, the nutrients bioavailability, the compatibility with the dishes recipes, the correct denomination of the ingredients. In all cases, the exactly composition of all dishes ingredients need to be available, especially in case of trans/saturated fatty-acids, salt and carbohydrates.

There is a cost associated with the algorithm using in the calculation of the catering products nutritional value and this cost is, finally, paid by the consumer. In fact, the responsibility for the correct information of the final consumer regarding the nutritional value of the menu’s dishes need to be shared between the producer, the national authorities responsible with the public health and the final consumer.