Smart Choice Standards

The goal of the Smart Choices Pogram is to provide a simple front-of-the-package icon system to direct consumers to smarter food choices, which will eventually lead to more balanced diet. The Smart Choices Program was developed by a coalition of scientists and nutrition educators, experts with experience with dietary guidelines, public health organizations, and food manufacturers in response to consumer confusion over multiple front-of-the-package systems based on different criteria.

FOOD STANDARDS

BEVERAGE STANDARDS

The over consumption of calories from liquid beverages is a contributing factor in obesity and chronic disease in the United States. The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has developed the following criteria

VENDING STANDARDS

Campus Life Services-Retail, in partnership with Canteen Vending, has developed the following Smart Choice standards for items served in vending machines at UCSF: