For instance, nutrient profiling can be used to generate criteria for descriptions of foods falling into two main types:
• descriptions that refer to the nutrient levels in foods e.g. ‘high fat’, ‘low fat’, ‘reduced fat’, ‘source of fibre’, ‘high in fat, sugar or salt’, ‘energy dense, nutrient poor’; or
• descriptions that refer directly to the effects of consuming the food on a person’s health e.g. ‘healthy’, ‘healthier option’, ‘less healthy’, ‘good for you’.
Though nutrient profiling does not address all aspects of nutrition, diet and health it is a helpful tool to use