Belgian Food Composition Database to inform consumers on a healthy lifestyle

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1 Belgian Food Composition Database to inform consumers on a healthy lifestyle CARINE SEEUWS - NUBEL NICK DESCHUYFFELEER - FEVIA Brussels, 19 th February 2015, EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

2 NUBEL vzw Non Profit Organisation GENERAL ASSEMBLY Board of directors Scientific council Federal public service - Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment Effective members Scientific Institute of Public Health Boerenbond (organisation representing the Flemish farmers) Federation of the Belgian Food Industry (FEVIA) Additional members Sponsors 2

NUBEL objectives Development, update and management of a scientific food composition database of nutrients in all kind of food products Distribution of the data to potential users inform consumers on

3 NUBEL objectives Development, update and management of a scientific food composition database of nutrients in all kind of food products Distribution of the data to potential users inform consumers on a healthy lifestyle: Target groups: consumers, education, medical world, academia, government, industry, analytical world, media Instituts with similar objectifs: Association of Diabetics, Dieticians, Flemish Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Exchange of data on a national and international level Federal Health Nutrition Plan and Flemish Community (food pyramid) Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) Food Consumption Survey Food chain actors (Food Industry, Retailers, primary production) Participation in the European network: platform for international database (EuroFIR) 3

4 Origin of the data & management Nutrients: Energy, Proteins, Lipids (distribution of fatty acids), Carbohydrates (sugars and starch distribution), Dietary fibers, Minerals, Vitamins Analysis carried out in accreditated laboratories Corrected values using yield and retention factors Calculated values from the ingredients list Data from trustbox of GS1 Industry Retailers Data from literature and other FCDB s Data Generation from literature Acquisition and other FCDB Processing Dissemination Use Sampling protocol Protocol for assuring the quality of analytical data Assembling of data sources Archival record Evaluation of information Preparation of the reference FCDB Preparation of the user DB Database: forms Printed tables Training & expertise Schools & hospitals 4

5 NUBEL PUBLICATIONS on generic foods, branded foods and farmhouse products Belgian Food Composition Data : booklet Dutch-French Food composition database of Branded foods website: Dutch-French-English-German!FREE! Software-programme «Food Planner» website: Dutch-French-English 5

6 nformation to consumers food composition table 6 6

7 Information to consumers Brandname database 7

8 Information to consumers Food Planner 8

9 Distribution of different usergroups Internubel sessions in one year: 25,708 36,6% 63,4% 9

Benefits for industry Objective info on nutritional value based on scientific background NUBEL information can be used - to improve quality of food products - labelling of food products (FIC

10 Benefits for industry Objective info on nutritional value based on scientific background NUBEL information can be used - to improve quality of food products - labelling of food products (FIC legislation) Possibility for the producer / retailer to make available on voluntary basis: - an image/photo of the food product - the nutritional information - portion size To be able to generate a complete composition of a product, Nubel carries out a number of analyses on these brand products with regard to micronutrients, which lead to an interaction between Nubel and the food industry. NUBEL data are distributed amoung schools, hospitals and consumers 10

11 Commitment of industry The producer / retailer assumes responsibility for the scientific reliability of the delivered data. The producer / retailer will be fully liable for all possible consequences in case the given information is incorrect. Providing Nubel on a regular basis with data of new products (at least 5 nutrients), updating existing data and informing if a product is out of market (3 months) Activate their members to collaborate with Nubel Evaluation: FEVIA Commitment 268 for the EU Platform - Number of products in database - Number of licenses for students, dieticians & hospitals 11

12 Evaluation FEVIA commitment Number of food products in the database Yearly addition 7771 in total 12

13 Evaluation FEVIA commitment Licences students future dieticians: Consumers of the future and health coaches of the future - Each year between licenses - For 2015: 2168 users of the editors pro version have reached 114,805 patients. The total number of individual users and secondary schools using the 2010 version is Licences hospitals - Since ,000 patients have been screened on malnutrition - Number of hospitals that are reached over the years has risen from 30 to

14 Future prospects of NUBEL SCIENTIFIC LEVEL - Trend analysis * Sodium, Total lipids, Saturated fatty acids, Trans fatty acids, - Analytical program * sweeteners and Steviol glycosides and total sugars * farm products - Implementation of ISO 9001certification COMMUNICATION LEVEL - Increase the visibility: * developing the food planner for use on I-phone and tablet * extra publicity for the 25th anniversary of the organization symposium for all target groups of the data FOLLOW UP DISTANCE SELLING PROJECT 14

Thank you for your attention! Carine Seeuws Business Unit Manager NUBEL vzw - asbl Tel : 02/524.72.20 www.nubel.com carine.

15 Thank you for your attention! Carine Seeuws Business Unit Manager NUBEL vzw - asbl Tel : 02/ carine.seeuws@health.belgium.be Nick Deschuyffeleer Food Policy Advisor FEVIA vzw - asbl Tel : 02/ nd@fevia.be 15

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