New nutrition labeling system at Tops
If you cruise down your local supermarket aisle you may notice an even greater emphasis on nutrition value for the food products on the shelves and the produce bins.
Tops Friendly Markets is now promoting the NuVal nutritional scoring system. It basically assigns a score to a food item based on a formula which dvides good content like vitamins and fiber by bad content like fats and sodium. The actual numerical score of the food, which ranges from zero to 100, will be posted on the price label for that item on the store shelf.
Tops President and CEO Frank Curci says they hope to make it simple for consumers as they shop and make nutritional choices. The system was actually drawn up by medical and nutrition experts.
Wegmans is also beefing up its nutrition information flow to customers. Wegmans Registered Dietician Theresa Jackson says they have opted not to go with a scoring system like Tops. But Jackson says they do offer other nutrition guides like the Wellness Key labeling system on food items, signs suggesting calorie information and serving size, and even food coaches to provide advice.