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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. nutrition
  3. human nutrition
  4. dietary recommendations
  5. serving size
  1. Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
  2. human nutrition
  3. dietary recommendations
  4. serving size

Preferred term

serving size

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Serving Size on the Nutrition Facts Label is the amount of food that is customarily eaten at one time and is determined based on the Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACC) for foods that have similar dietary usage, product characteristics, and customarily consumed amounts for consumers to make “like product” comparisons.

    Source: Glossary, FDA

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

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Scope note

  • Use for a standard amount of a food designated for giving advice about how much to eat, or to identify how many calories and nutrients are in a food; For the amount of food selected or presented USE portion size.

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33451

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