How would you change a percent for nutritional value...?

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The title isn't very clear, I didn't know how to phrase it shortly.

Ok: so, on the nutrition facts, the percents are for a 2000 cal diet.  I don't eat 2000 csls in a day, I have about a 1500 cal diet.  How would I change the percents?  Also, how would the percents be for 3000? 1000? 500(yes I kno this is unhealthy, I'm not at all going to try this I'm just trying to get a clearer picture)?

Jim · Accepted Answer

Here are the recommended daily values:

Nutrient Unit of Measure Daily Values 
Total Fat  grams (g)  65  
  Saturated fatty acids  grams (g)  20  
Cholesterol  milligrams (mg)  300  
Sodium  milligrams (mg)  2400  
Potassium  milligrams (mg)  3500  
Total carbohydrate  grams (g)  300  
  Fiber  grams (g)  25  
Protein  grams (g)  50  


Nutrient Unit of Measure Daily Values 
Vitamin A  International Unit (IU)  5000  
Vitamin C  milligrams (mg)  60  
Calcium  milligrams (mg)  1000  
Iron  milligrams (mg)  18  
Vitamin D  International Unit (IU)  400  
Vitamin E  International Unit (IU)  30  
Vitamin K  micrograms (µg)  80  
Thiamin  milligrams (mg)  1.5  
Riboflavin  milligrams (mg)  1.7  
Niacin  milligrams (mg)  20  
Vitamin B6  milligrams (mg)  2.0  
Folate  micrograms (µg)  400  
Vitamin B12  micrograms (µg)  6.0  
Biotin  micrograms (µg)  300  
Pantothenic acid  milligrams (mg)  10  
Phosphorus  milligrams (mg)  1000  
Iodine  micrograms (µg)  150  
Magnesium  milligrams (mg)  400  
Zinc  milligrams (mg)  15  
Selenium  micrograms (µg)  70  
Copper  milligrams (mg)  2.0  
Manganese  milligrams (mg)  2.0  
Chromium  micrograms (µg)  120  
Molybdenum  micrograms (µg)  75  
Chloride  milligrams (mg)  3400  

So what you would do, for a 3000 calorie diet is that you would INCREASE each of these amounts by 3000/2000 = 1.5

So for total fat which is 65 Grams per day, for a 3000 calorie diet then:

65 x 1.5 = 87.5 Grams of fat

Likewise, if you are on a 1500 calorie a day diet, then you would reverse this and use
1500/2000 and multiply it by the 65 grams

1500/2000 x 65 = 48.75 Grams of Fat

Its just a ratio proportion you see, very SIMPLE!

Now, if you know what a spreadsheet is, you can do this very quickly.  Copy the values above into a spreadsheet, set it up with the different proportions you want and VOILA!  You have it.

Ps - I am a food technologist who has been doing nutritional labeling for thousands of products for the last 15 years, among many other things I do, like develop new food products and do the formulation work behind them.

rowsey · Answer

They positioned the foodstuff in question with the aid of a dehydrator to eliminate the water (which has 0 nutritional consequence anyhow), and then do distinctive tests on it. (i'm not somewhat helpful how this works for beverages, yet you get the belief.) energy, case in point, is a level of capability required to advance the temperature of a fastened volume of water via one degree. The others are simple chemical tests to discover the presence of an merchandise and how lots of it there is.

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