Can you name 4 different kinds of berry on the spoon?
4 cultivated highbush blueberries, one red raspberry,
2 cranberries and 2 wild acai berries
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- Rating systems are developed by governments, nonprofit organizations, or private institutions and companies.
- The methods may use point systems to rate foods for general nutritional value or they may rate specific food attributes such as cholesterol content.
- Nutritional rating systems differ from nutritional labeling in that they attempt to simplify food choices, rather than listing specific amounts of nutrients or ingredients.
Nutritional Rating Systems in Current Use
The Overall Nutrition Quality Index
- ONQI intends to eventually rate every food in supermarkets on a scale of 1 to 100.
- The system has been marketed extensively on the web and in conventional media.
- The www.onqi.com website indicates that the ONQI will be available "through thousands of retail grocery stores – on product packaging and point-of-purchase displays" by the end of 2008.
- ONQI is intended to be an aid for consumers by "decoding" label information to allow wise nutrition choices.
Shown on the ONQI site is a 100 score (highest possible)
for strawberries.
Spinach, broccoli and a raw orange also scored 100.
Go here to search a plant food for a list of nutrients,
examples, raw spinach
strawberries click!
What does this mean?
Factors used to determine the ONQI score for any food, beverage or recipe include:
- vitamins
- minerals
- protein
- carbohydrates
- fat
- antioxidants
- other nutrients and phytochemicals present
Using these criteria, all berries score high relative to most plant foods.
Get to know a nutritional rating system that works for you -- possibly the ONQI --
and plan your shopping and meal preparation accordingly.
