Definition of Preteen: A preteen is a child between the ages of 9 and 12, typically in the 4th to 7th grades.
Product Details: Product details can be found on food labels, which provide information about the ingredients, nutritional content, and other important information about the food product. Food labels must show the percentage of the characterizing ingredient(s) or component(s) of a food, and if an ingredient makes up less than 5% of the food, it does not have to be listed. Open dating is a calendar date applied to a food product by the manufacturer or retailer, which provides consumers with information about the freshness and quality of the product. Cosmetics labeling guidelines provide step-by-step help with cosmetic labeling, with examples and answers to questions manufacturers often ask.
Positive and Negative: Positive and negative aspects of food products can be found on food labels. For example, food labels can provide information about the nutritional content of the food, including the amount of saturated fat, added salt, added sugars, and alcohol. Comparative terms like “less sugar” or “fewer calories” comparing two similar products are regulated by the FDA, and the nutrient amounts must meet specific guidelines to make these claims. Research has shown that “positive” front-of-package labels like health stamps or checkmarks can overrate a foods healthfulness.
Ingredients or Materials: Ingredients or materials used in products can be found on food labels and cosmetics labeling guidelines. Some ingredients used in foods are called ‘compound ingredients’, which are ingredients made by a mixture of other ingredients. Cosmetics labeling guidelines provide definitions for different types of substances added during manufacture and removed from the cosmetic in accordance with good manufacturing practices before the cosmetic is packaged in finished form, substances that are added during manufacture of a cosmetic, are converted to an ingredient declared on the label, and do not significantly increase the concentration of the declared ingredient, substances added to a cosmetic during manufacture for its technical effect in processing but present in the finished cosmetic at an insignificant level and not having any technical or functional effect in that cosmetic, and substances added to a cosmetic as a component of a cosmetic ingredient and having no technical or functional effect in the finished cosmetic.
