The nutritional information below gives an example of how beneficial Swirl beverages are and why schools love Swirl as a perfect alternative for lunch serving lines.
Flavors are available in 12% juice, 50% juice, and 100% real juice. Qualifies for a serving of fruit or vegetable according to the 2005 Food Pyramid... great for Kids of all ages including adults!!
SWIRL™ Nutrition Information
Nutritional Term Definitions
In the quest for information on nutrition, SWIRL attempts to provide you with the highest nutritional values within its beverages, which include Vitamin A, C, D and Calcium.
Vitamins: Organic substances derived from living material plants and animals. They are required in the diet in tiny quantities such as milligrams or micrograms.
Vitamin A: Assists in the formation and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes; aids in the ability to see in dim light (night vision); needed for proper bone growth, teeth development, and reproduction. The Body obtains Vitamin A by manufacturing it from carotene, a vitamin precursor found in vegetables and fruit.
Vitamin D: Aids in the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth; assists in the absorption and use of calcium and phosphorus. Found in fortified milk; egg yolk, liver, tuna, salmon, cod liver oil.
Vitamin C: Aids in the formation of collagen; helps maintain capillaries, bones, and teeth; helps protect other vitamins from oxidation; may block formation of cancer-causing nitrosamines. Found in many fruits, citrus fruits, tomatoes, strawberries, melon, green peppers, potatoes, dark-green vegetables.
Calcium: Aids in building bones and teeth, and maintaining bone strength; muscle contraction; maintaining cell membranes; blood clotting; absorption of B12; activation of enzymes. Found in milk, milk products, sardines, canned salmon eaten with bones, dark-green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, dried beans and peas.
Carbohydrates: Naturally occurring sugars found in fruits and many vegetables. They are the key sources of energy. Carbohydrates are broken down in the body to help maintain protein, metabolize fat, and fuel the central nervous system.
Fat: Bodies need only a small amount as fats provide almost 9 calories of energy per gram and are the most concentrated of the producing nutrients, more than twice the energy provided by protein and carbohydrates. A pound of pure fat contains more than 4,000 calories, compared to just over 1,800 in a pound of pure protein or carbohydrate.
Caffeine: Is a drug, and no drug lacks unwanted side effects. Has a direct stimulating effect on the brain, both the cerebral cortex, which is concerned with thought, and the medulla, which regulates heart rate, respiration, and muscular coordination. Too much caffeine triggers the release of insulin, which causes blood sugar to drop, producing feelings of hunger.
Calorie: A standard unit of measurement of energy in nutrition. Represents how much energy is received from consumed food. An average person should consume from 1,800-3,500 calories daily. Empty calories means there is no nutrition found in the calorie. Too many calories, regardless of source, will result in weight gain. All calories count.
Electrolytes: Regulates the balance of acids and bases in body fluids and cells. If the balance of water and electrolytes or acids and bases is disturbed, normal metabolic functions may grind to a halt.
FDA: Federal Drug Administration
RDV: Recommended Daily Values. Stands for the recommendations devised by nutritional scientists with the FDA for nutritional labeling. "The levels of intake of essential nutrients considered, in the judgment of the Food and Nutrition Board on the basis of available scientific knowledge, to be adequate to meet the known nutritional needs of practically all healthy persons."
2005 Food Pyramid
The food pyramid contains six different colored, vertical bands representing the different food groups (orange for grains, green for vegetables, red for fruits, yellow for oils, blue for milk and purple for meat and beans). The widest band is for grains and the smallest for oils, meaning consumers should eat plenty of grains and limit their consumption of oils.
On the side of the pyramid is an image of a person walking up a flight of stairs, emphasizing the importance of exercise.
