Up Your Nutrition Know-How
We hear questions from consumers all the time, asking, “Is that low carb?”, "What are the types of vegetarian diets?" or “Oh, that dish is high in fibre!”. Our Test Kitchens are developing new recipes all the time, and to help consumers find types of dishes that suit their lifestyle, we’ve developed internal guidance on nutrient criteria and provided definitions for common vegetarian diets.
The below definitions of vegetarian diets are used to define our recipes:
The below nutrient criteria definitions are based on internal McCormick guidelines*:
NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE* |
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Fat conscious |
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Dish Type |
Amount of fat/dish |
Appetizer |
≤ 3 g |
Salads & Sides |
≤ 3 g |
Main Dishes |
≤ 9 g |
Desserts |
≤ 3 g |
Sodium conscious |
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Dish Type |
Amount of sodium/dish |
Appetizer |
≤ 140 mg |
Salads & Sides |
≤ 250 mg |
Main Dishes |
≤ 480 mg |
Desserts |
≤ 250 mg |
Fibre conscious |
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Dish Type |
Amount of fibre/dish |
Appetizer |
≥ 3 g |
Salads & Sides |
≥ 3 g |
Main Dishes |
≥ 6 g |
Desserts |
≥ 3 g |
Protein conscious |
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Dish Type |
Amount of protein/dish |
Main Dishes |
≤ 10 g |
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