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For many years, organizations like the United States
Potato Board, the Potato Council and many other associations
and companies are working hard to educate the public that
the potato is a very healthy food.
 Problem
is, part of that message is lost, because the organisations
conveying this message are obviously stakeholders. Let's
just say that we do not expect a "rice board" to convey any
other message than that rice is the best food in the world.
That is why I found it of particular interest to read
that
Dr.
Katz of the Yale Prevention Research Center, together
with a group of scientists had developed what they call an
"Overall Nutritional Quality Index" (ONQI™) or NuVal
Score.
A single score between 1 and 100 summarizes all
nutritional aspects of a food, the higher the number, the
healthier the food. It will serve similar objectives
as the Health Check label of the Heart and Stroke foundation
or the traffic light system in the UK: help the consumer
make healthy choices.
The Researchers developed complex and proprietary
algorithm with as input a range of "healthy" and the
"unhealthy" substances in the food, that eventually results
in a single score. The idea is summarized in the graph
below:
 This
Nuval score is now published for a range of foods. Of
course, the first thing I did was check out where the potato
ends up. Here are some highlights:
|
Food |
Nuval Score |
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Food |
Nuval Score |
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Food |
Nuval Score |
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Potatoes |
93 |
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Broccoli |
100 |
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Salmon |
87 |
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Brown Rice |
82 |
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Pineapple |
99 |
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Hamburger |
25 |
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White rice |
57 |
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Apple |
96 |
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Dark Chocolate |
10 |
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Pasta |
50 |
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Skim milk |
91 |
|
Apple pie |
2 |
Potatoes score better than all meats and fish
and better than milk, even if it is skim milk .
Although many vegetables and fruits score higher than
potatoes, potatoes score better than grapes, banana,
blackberries and Iceberg Lettuce.
The system will be introduced shortly - probably still
this year - by at least three supermarket chains in the
United States.
I have not seen any scores for potato products yet. I am
working to figure out how a manufacturers can use these
scores in product development. I will keep you updated.
So remember, if you want to make the case that
the potato is healthy, the number is:
 Enjoy reading,
Paul van Eijck
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Sormac B.V. |
Netherlands |
| Sormac
B.V. manufacturers machines for the fresh processing
of potatoes, carrots, onions, salads and other
agricultural products. For processing potatoes for
the fresh market Sormac offers machines for e.g.
cleaning, peeling and grading. Sormac provides stand
alone machines as well as complete production lines
and services its machinery worldwide. |
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Natraj Foods (Lip Chip) |
India |
| Natraj
Cold Storage and Food Pvt Ltd is a manufacturer of
snacks including potato snacks in India. Natraj
Foods sells its snacks using brand name "Lip Chip". |
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