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Belgian Food Composition Database toinform consumers on a healthy lifestyle

CARINE SEEUWS - NUBELNICK DESCHUYFFELEER - FEVIA

Brussels, 19th February 2015, EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

NUBEL vzw Non Profit Organisation

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Board of directors Scientific council° Federal public service - Health, Food Chain

Safety and Environment

° Scientific Institute of Public Health

° Boerenbond (organisation representing theFlemish farmers)

° Federation of the Belgian Food Industry (FEVIA)

Effective members

Additional members

Sponsors 2

NUBEL objectives• Development, update and management of a scientific food composition database of

nutrients in all kind of food products

• Distribution of the data to potential users – inform consumers on a healthy lifestyle:– Target groups: consumers, education, medical world, academia, government,

industry, analytical world, media

– Instituts with similar objectifs: Association of Diabetics, Dieticians, Flemish Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Exchange of data on a national and international level– Federal Health Nutrition Plan and Flemish Community (food pyramid)– Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)– Food Consumption Survey– Food chain actors (Food Industry, Retailers, primary production)– Participation in the European network: platform for international

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Origin of the data & managementNutrients: Energy, Proteins, Lipids (distribution of fatty acids), Carbohydrates (sugars and starch distribution), Dietary fibers, Minerals, Vitamins

° Analysis carried out in accreditated laboratories

° Corrected values using yield and retention factors

° Calculated values from the ingredients list

° Data from trustbox of GS1 – Industry – Retailers

° Data from literature and other FCDB’s

° Data from literature and other FCDBAcquisition Processing Dissemination UseGeneration

Sampling protocolProtocol for assuring the quality of analytical data

Assembling of data sourcesArchival recordEvaluation of information

Preparation of the referenceFCDBPreparation of the user DB

Database: formsPrinted tableswww.internubel.bewww.nubel.be

Training & expertiseSchools & hospitals

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NUBEL PUBLICATIONS on generic foods, branded foods and farmhouse products

° Belgian Food Composition Data : bookletDutch-French

° Food composition database of Branded foodswebsite: www.internubel.beDutch-French-English-German !FREE!

° Software-programme « Food Planner»website: www.nubel.beDutch-French-English

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Information to consumers – food composition table

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Information to consumers – Brandname database

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Information to consumers – Food Planner

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Internubel sessions in one year: 25,708 36,6%

63,4%

Distribution of different usergroups

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Benefits for industry° Objective info on nutritional value based on scientific background

° NUBEL information can be used - to improve quality of food products- labelling of food products (FIC legislation)

° Possibility for the producer / retailer to make available on voluntary basis:- an image/photo of the food product- the nutritional information- portion size

° To be able to generate a complete composition of a product, Nubel carries out a number of analyses on these brand products with regard to micronutrients, which lead to an interaction between Nubel and the food industry.

° NUBEL data are distributed amoung schools, hospitals and consumers 10

Commitment of industry° The producer / retailer assumes responsibility for the scientific reliability of the delivered data. The producer / retailer will be fully liable for all possible consequences in case the given information is incorrect.

° Providing Nubel on a regular basis with data of new products (at least 5 nutrients), updating existing data and informing if a product is out of market (3 months)

° Activate their members to collaborate with Nubel

FEVIA Commitment 268 for the EU Platform

Evaluation:

- Number of products indatabase

- Number of licenses forstudents, dieticians & hospitals

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° Number of food products in the database7771 in total

Evaluation FEVIA commitment

Yearly addition

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° Licences students – future dieticians: 2010 - 2015

- Consumers of the future and health coaches of the future

- Each year between 700 – 1000 licenses

- For 2015: 2168 users of the editors pro version have reached 114,805 patients. The total number of individual users and secondary schools using the 2010 version is 3807.

° Licences hospitals

- Since 2011 100,000 patients have been screened on malnutrition

- Number of hospitals that are reached over the years has risen from 30 to 105

Evaluation FEVIA commitment

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Future prospects of NUBEL ° SCIENTIFIC LEVEL

- Trend analysis

* Sodium, Total lipids, Saturated fatty acids, Trans fatty acids,

- Analytical program

* sweeteners and Steviol glycosides and total sugars

* farm products

- Implementation of ISO 9001certification

° COMMUNICATION LEVEL

- Increase the visibility:

* developing the food planner for use on I-phone and tablet* extra publicity for the 25th anniversary of the organizationsymposium for all target groups of the data

° FOLLOW UP DISTANCE SELLING PROJECT14

Thank you for your attention! Carine SeeuwsBusiness Unit ManagerNUBEL vzw - asblTel : 02/[email protected]

Nick DeschuyffeleerFood Policy Advisor

FEVIA vzw - asblTel : 02/213.84.76

[email protected]

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