Sentence examples for the reference amount from inspiring English sources

The daily value for calcium is 1,000 milligrams, and the reference amount for nuts is 30 grams, or about an ounce, Ms. Stark explained.

Food and Drug Administration definitions say that to be a good source of a nutrient, the reference amount of a food must provide 10 to 19 percent of the daily value.

For example, for the cheese and crackers, for which we displayed a portion size of 30 and 25 g of cheese and crackers respectively, the cheese corresponded to 0.75 of the reference amount (40 g) and the crackers corresponded to 0.76 of the reference amount (33 g), so the total reference portion for this food was (0.75 + 0.76)/2, or 0.75.

Within the high ED food category, two multi-unit foods (cheese and crackers and pork pies) and some snacks (cheese and crackers; pork pies; croissant; flapjack; peanuts) were the foods where the number of portions was most commonly overestimated (PER of ∼1.2 1.5), implying participants believed the appropriate portion size to be smaller than the reference amount.

Results also showed that the average portion estimation ratio (PER) was closer to 1 (that is, the number of estimated portions were closer to the reference amount) in multi-unit than in single unit foods (p = 0.02), and in snacks than in meals or beverages (p < 0.001) (Models 2 and 3).

On average, participants rated the number of portions displayed as less than the reference number of portions in 19 out of 24 foods that were presented in larger portions (>1 reference amount), while they rated the number of portions as more than (8 foods) or equal to (1 food) the reference amount in all the 9 foods that were presented as less or equal to 1 reference portion.

But the reference amounted to an unsubstantiated slur of Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, who although he had friends within the movement had also once been a loyal supporter and close ally of the Saudi royal family.

The Observer gets a namecheck in a story a few years later, though whether the reference amounts to a pat or a slap is hard to say: 'The Parkers went to the pictures only when The Observer had praised the film; they considered television not their sort of thing; they adhered to their religion; they voted Labour; they believed that the twentieth century was the best so far...'.

I strongly support the FDA's proposal to revise the Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs) for certain products.

I strongly support the FDA's proposal to revise the Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs) for certain products; II.

Under the law, FDA is required to define the reference amounts for foods based on the amount of food customarily consumed.