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Eat Well
at Festival Foods
Calorie Controlled
Meal: 650 calories or less
Entrée: 400 calories or less
Side/Soup/Dessert: 250 calories or less
Sandwich: 500 calories or less
Minimal Added Sugars and
Syrups
Sandwich, Meal, Entrée,
Sides,Soups and Desserts: ≤35% of calories from total sugars (added and naturally occurring)
Minimal Saturated Fat
Meal: 5g or less
Entrée: 4g or less
Side/Soups/Desserts:
2g or less
Sandwich: 4g or less
0g Trans Fat
(with the exception of those
naturally occurring in meat
and dairy products)
Eat Well at Festival Foods
has something for everyone!
Minimal Sodium
Meal: 770mg or less
Entrée: 600mg or less
Side/Soups/Desserts: 300mg or less
Sandwich: 770mg or less
100% Whole Grain
(when grain product is used)
For more information, visit our website at:
eatwell.festfoods.com
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Use the NuVal® Nutritional Scoring System for nutritional guidance
at-a-glance.
Ask Our Dietitians your nutrition-related questions.
Eat Well in our deli and bakery departments.
Check out our Online Nutritional Database for your deli, bakery, meat/
seafood and produce department favorites.
• Need inspiration for a new meal idea? Look no
further than Hot Dish blog! With step-by-step
instructions and pictures, you’ll be a mealtime
hero in no time!
• Read our weekly 20 Minute Meals blog for
simple and delicious recipes that require
minimal ingredients and can be prepared in
20 minutes or less.
• Check out our Dietitian’s Top Pick blog where
each week we share a new, better-for-you
product that has been tasted and tested by
Festival’s Dietitians.
• Subscribe to our weekly Gluten Free and Heart
Health Email Newsletters featuring product
suggestions, news, and recipes by visiting the
Special Diet Tips page on our website.
Festival Foods is proud to
support the Fruits & Veggies More Matters® Initiative.
Fruits & Veggies - More Matters® is a health initiative focused on helping
Americans increase fruit & vegetable consumption for better health.
Visit our blogs for Fruit & Veggies - More Matters® tips!
Simple Solutions
for a healthier you!
1 Eat Well at
Festival Foods
Nutritious and Delicious
Product Selections
®
2 NuVal Nutritional
Scoring System
Nutrition Made Easy
at the Shelf
3 Weekly Recipes
Check out our
20 Minute Meals and
Hot Dish
blogs for simple
meal solutions.
4 Ask Our Dietitians
Have a nutrition question or
looking for a presentation?
Ask us!
5 Online Nutrition
Database
Find nutrition information
for our Meat/Seafood, Deli,
Bakery and Produce Departments.
Pictured left to right:
Julie Andrews, MS, RDN, CD, CC
Lauren Lindsley, RDN, CD
Brittany Nikolich, RDN, CD
Stephanie Schultz, MSM, RDN, CD
Accurate as of 03.2015
PM1376-03-15
The higher the Score,
Understanding
the better the
Aim for average or higher in each category!
Broccoli
No matter your starting point, NuVal® will help you trade up for
better nutrition. Should you buy the wheat rolls or the multigrain
bread? Which salty snack is more nutritious for your family?
Now, with the help of NuVal, you are able to make quick,
easy and educated decisions between products.
Nutrition Facts
1
100
Start Here:
Check Serving Size
Serving Size 1 cup (228g)
Servings Per Containter about 2
Amount Per Serving
Apple
Calories 250 Calories from Fat 110
2
100
NuVal Scores are powered by a sophisticated scientific
algorithm that takes into account more than 30
nutrient and nutrition factors, in addition to their
effects on health outcomes.
% of Daily Value*
Check Calories
Total Fat 12g
Limit these Nutrients
Saturated Fat 3g
Trans Fat 3g
Cholesterol 30mg
Sodium 470mg
3
93
Salmon
Total Carbohydrate 31g
4
84
®
For sample scores, updates
and expert nutritional insight, go to
nuval.com or festfoods.com
NuVal®
endorsements
pocket guide
the Nutrition Facts Panel
nutrition!
The algorithm behind NuVal Scores was developed by a
team of recognized nutrition and medical experts, led by Dr.
David Katz of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center.
NuVal was developed independently, without funding from
food manufacturers or special interest groups. While Festival
Foods makes NuVal Scores available to enhance the shopping
experience, we do not influence the Scores in any way.
NuVal®
Get Enough of these
Nutrients
Almonds
Dietary Fiber 0g
Sugars 5g
Protein 5g
18%
3%
10%
20%
10%
0%
Vitamin A
4%
Vitamin C
2%
Calcium
20%
Iron
4%
** Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Your daily values may be higher of lower depending on
your calorie needs:
Calories2,000 2,500
Total Fat
Less than 65g
80g
Sat Fat
Less than 20g
25g
Cholesterol
Less than 300mg 300mg
Sodium
Less than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate
300g 375g
Dietary Fiber
25g
30g
Look for NuVal®
Scores on shelf tags
throughout the store!
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Products Not Scored: A product will not receive a NuVal® Score if it is not considered a significant amount
of calories in the diet, no nutritional value is associated with it, it is not a consumed food, or if it is not a
standard food. Products not scored include (but are not limited to): cooking sprays, teas and coffee (except
those that have added calories, such as sweetened teas), vinegar, baking soda, water, club soda, seltzer
water, lemon and lime juice, yeast, spices and rubs with less than 15 calories, gum, baby food, vitamins and
supplements, beer/wine, and any variety pack for which different NFP and/or ingredient statements exist for
each flavor in the pack.
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Quick Guide to
% Daily Values:
• 5% or less is low
• 20% or more is high
NuVal ® takes information from the Nutrition Facts
Panel and Ingredients List to give products a score.
Festival Foods has brought NuVal to our store shelves and shared the science with health care
providers from across the state. Those health care systems you see listed below have examined
the science behind NuVal and believe it is a valuable and reliable tool to make more nutritious
choices within the supermarket.
From 1-100, the higher the score,
the better
the
nutrition!
Avg
Avg
Appetizers, Snacks -Refrigerated and Frozen 21
Bagels, English Muffins 25
Bakery Items -Refrigerated and Frozen 9
Baking Mixes 6
Beans -- Canned,
Packaged63
Bread, Rolls, Buns 30
Breakfast Foods -Refrigerated and Frozen 20
Breakfast Meats 19
Butter, Margarine, Spreads,
Blends3
Cakes, Cupcakes, Pies,
Brownies3
Candy3
Cheese25
Cold Cereal 26
Cookies6
Cottage Cheese 29
Crackers20
Cream Cheese 14
Creams, Creamers 7
Croutons23
Dessert Toppings,
Whipped Toppings 3
Dips, Spreads 26
Doughnuts, Pastries,
Muffins7
Dry Beans, Dry
Vegetables90
Eggs, Egg Substitutes 55
Fish and Seafood 81
Flour, Meal, Grits 61
Frozen Novelties 9
Fruit -- Frozen, Canned,
Dried51
Gravy, Sauce Mixes 10
Hot Cereal, Oatmeal 54
Ice Cream, Sherbet,
Frozen Yogurt 10
Jams, Jellies, Honey 3
Juices, Drinks -Refrigerated and Frozen 19
Juices, Drinks -- Shelf
Stable13
Mayonnaise12
Meat -- Refrigerated, Frozen,
Canned, Lunch Meats 19
Milk, Flavored Milk, Soy
Milk, Buttermilk, Eggnog 66
Nuts, Seeds 54
Nut Butters, Seed Butters 38
Pancake Mixes, Waffle
Mixes13
Pasta60
Pizza, Pizza Products 18
Popcorn21
Puddings, Gelatins 6
Rice, Grains 85
Salad Dressings 12
Salty Snacks 15
Seasonings11
Shortening, Oil 17
Snack Bars, Granola Bars 23
Soup, Ramen 30
Sour Cream 24
Spaghetti, Italian Sauce 46
Sports Drinks 9
Stuffing Mixes 9
Tomato Products 57
Vegetables -- Frozen and
Canned74
Yogurt Products 36