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. 2021 Jul 19;13(7):2462. doi: 10.3390/nu13072462

Table 5.

Comparison between actual nutrient analysis values of market food products and reported nutrient values on nutrition fact label.

Product Fat SFA MUFA PUFA
Chem-R * N.label ^ Chem-R N.label Chem-R N.label Chem-R N.label
Biscuits Chocolate Quinoa 13.4 5 1.8 Tr 9.6 NA 1.9 NA
Biscuits Digestive 17.1 26 15.6 15 1 NA 0.3 NA
Biscuits Digestive Light 13.8 13.5 12.2 13.5 0.7 NA 0.7 NA
Breakfast Cereals 2.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2
Breakfast Cereals-Chocolate 2.4 5.2 2.1 5.2 0.2 NA 0 NA
Butter 81.4 80 56.4 54 23 NA 1.4 NA
Butter Light 61.5 20 43.4 53.3 16.4 NA 1.1 NA
Chocolate Wafers 21.7 25 19.6 21 1.4 NA 0.5 NA
Chocolate wafers-brand 2 24.2 27.27 19.1 9 2.4 NA 1 NA
Chocolate with milk 36.6 73 36.1 46 0.4 NA Tr NA
Chocolate-Dark 33.6 40 33.1 23.3 0.4 NA Tr NA
Chocolate-White 35 NA 34.7 NA 0.2 NA Tr NA
Corn Oil 100 100 10.3 14 31 24 58.7 61
Cream Filled Biscuits 15.5 18.6 7.8 4.6 6 NA 1.6 NA
Hot Chocolate Powder 5.4 5.9 3.5 3.7 1.7 NA 0.1 NA
Instant Coffee (3 in 1) 10.8 9.09 10.6 9 0.1 NA 0 NA
Chips Baked 22.9 22 15 6 6.9 NA 0.8 NA
Lays Chips Cheese 15.4 12 6.5 3 7.9 NA 0.9 NA
Olive Oil 100 100 14.9 24 74.3 87 10.8 22
Potato Chips 29.9 26.6 20.2 10 9.5 10 0.1 3.3
Potato Chips Light 26.9 20 18.3 6.6 8.4 6.6 Tr NA
Sunflower Oil 100 100 7.6 10 29.8 20 62.6 60
Tahina 59.4 60 17.1 10 30 NA 12.2 NA
Tuna Packed in Oil 6.8 26.6 3.2 NA 2 NA 1.4 NA
Tuna Packed in Water 0.5 3 0.2 NA 0.2 NA Tr NA
Vegetable Margarine >99 56.4 46.7 9.5 27.4 19 24.8 23

* Chemical results, ^ nutrition facts label, NA: not available, Tr: trace, SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.