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Guideline Daily Amounts
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Guideline Daily Amounts - Helping consumers make sense of nutritional information on food labels

Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) are guidelines for healthy adults and children about the approximate amount of Calories, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, total sugars, protein, fibre, salt and sodium required for a healthy diet.

In 1995 IGD established a Nutrition Labelling Group, involving food and drink manufacturers, nutritionists, retailers and other industry organisations. The group published Guideline Daily Amounts in 1998 as voluntary back-of-pack nutrition labelling guidelines.
 

Who is using GDAs?

GDAs have now been extensively implemented by food manufacturers and retailers across the UK, and their use is extending to other European countries.

According to a CIAA survey carried out in 2008 some 1,030 brands, including 80% of all soft drinks and branded breakfast cereals, will use GDA labelling by the end of 2008. Of the 2,026 food and drink manufacturers surveyed across the EU, 44% are labelling their products with GDAs.
 

About GDAs

What are Guideline Daily Amounts?
GDAs for Adults
GDAs for Children

More Information

IGD and Guideline Daily Amounts

 

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Free Best Practice Guides Free Best Practice Guides Free Best Practice Guides
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* Best Practice Guidance on the Presentation of Guideline Daily Amounts
Best Practice Guidance on the Presentation of Guideline Daily Amounts April 2006
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A free guide providing guidance on the best way to present Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) on the back of pack following the recommendations made from in depth consumer research.
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* Guideline Daily Amounts - Consumer Research Report
Guideline Daily Amounts - Consumer Research Report June 2005
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Due to the increased number of GDAs being presented on the back of pack, IGD commissioned research to investigate consumer preference and understanding of the best way to communicate this information. The findings can be requested in this free guide.
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* Guideline Daily Amounts - Technical Working Group Report
Guideline Daily Amounts - Technical Working Group Report June 2005
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In 2004, IGD established a Technical Working Group on Guideline Daily Amounts to review existing IGD GDAs and to consider extending them and develop new GDAs. The decisions of the Working Group and their rationale are detailed in this free report.
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Charles Wilson
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* “IGD plays an important role by addressing issues such as diet, nutrition and health, and sustainability.

This is not an easy task given the scale and complexity of the issues involved, yet IGD succeeds in bringing the industry together and informing all parts of the chain”

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