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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > nutrition > human nutrition > dietary recommendations > serving size
Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality > human nutrition > dietary recommendations > serving size
Preferred Term:

serving size

Definition:
Serving Size on the Nutrition Facts Label is the amount of food that is customarily eaten at one time and is determined based on the Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACC) for foods that have similar dietary usage, product characteristics, and customarily consumed amounts for consumers to make “like product” comparisons.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
dietary recommendations
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33451
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2020-01-17