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Vol 1 | Issue 4 | July 2007    
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This edition is dedicated to healthier snack options in vending machine. Here are just a few pointers that you might find interesting. Please visit our Healthier Snacking web page for additional information and resources. 

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HEALTHY SNACKING

Many people think snacks are junk food, though it doesn't have to be that way. Snacking can be part of a balanced diet. Eating small portions between meals provides your body with energy to keep you going throughout the day.

Some other benefits of snacking:

  • Healthy snacks provide fiber and nutrients your body needs.
  • You can curb the feeling of hunger or starvation right before a meal, which prevents overeating. Snacking may help you eat smaller portions and reduce your calorie intake.
  • Eating smaller meals more often may help you stay on track.

Try to keep your snack portions small and less than 250 calories. Spacing out meals and snacks can help prevent weight gain. The Nutrition Facts Label on packaged foods will help you figure the calories and nutrients that are in one portion size.

More foods are now being packaged in single serving portions, making it easier for you to keep track of how much you're eating. But you still want to be careful about what kinds of food you choose to snack on! Perfect Choice can help you add healthier selections to your vending machines menu.

You'll find the Smart Spot on
products that:

  • Contain at least 10% of the Daily Value of a targeted nutrient (i.e., protein, fiber, calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C) and meet limits for fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar, or
  • are formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits, or
  • Are reduced in calories or nutrients such as fat, sodium or sugar.

 

Smart Spot and Beverages

Beverages with the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria that include limits on the amount of fat, including saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar. This symbol also calls out products that contribute fiber, vitamins and other important nutrients. The criteria also include products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar, or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits.

Smart Spot and Snacks

Snacks with the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria that include limits on the amount of fat, including saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar. The criteria also include products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar, or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits

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With proper portions and healthy food choices, snacking can enhance, rather than hurt your diet.

PepsiCo's
Smart Spot Program

The PepsiCo family of companies cares about the health of the people who enjoy our products. As a company that provides hundreds of convenient food and beverage products that rejuvenate millions of consumers around the world every day, we are committed to offering the widest possible spectrum of great tasting food and beverage choices.
We also recognize that consumers have an increasing need and desire for foods and beverages that make it easier and more enjoyable for them to lead healthy lives. We believe that we are ideally positioned to meet that need, and we intend to lead the way.

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When you choose a product with the Smart Spot product on the package you're making a sound decision. That's because food and beverage products displaying the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria based on authoritative statements from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Academy of Sciences.

A Smart Spot snack (per serving):


snacks

  • Contains no more than 35% of calories from fat, contains 1 gram or less of saturated fat,
  • contains zero trans fats,
  • contains no more than 60 mg of cholesterol and 270 mg of sodium, and
  • contains no more than 25% of calories from added sugar unless the product contains 10% DV of fiber*, or
  • delivers a functional benefit via natural or fortified ingredients proven to be efficacious, or
  • is reduced in calories, fat, sugar or sodium by at least 25% compared to base product or other appropriate reference product

    *Includes review by nutrition technology group.

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