Nutritional Product Development: Integration With Diet Analysis Software

摘要

Sports nutritional supplement sales have increased dramatically. Most are unnecessary and no substitute for a balanced diet; comparable products (e.g. sports bars and sports drinks) can be made at home. Diet analysis software use provides substantial information on nutritional products. Some programs allow recipe creation and yield food labels meeting 1994 Nutrition Education Labeling Act requirements. An exercise done in an undergraduate sports nutrition class is described in this paper. Students developed sports nutrition products similar to leading commercial brands, analyzed them, and created food labels for consumer education.