NALT

Preferred term

serving size

Topic

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.

dietary recommendations

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.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

33666

Spanish

tamaño de la ración

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/17/20