
[re]Designing the Nutrition Label - ajaimk
http://www.ajaimk.com/2010/11/03/redesign-1-nutrition-labels/
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charliepark
Red and Green are colors with an inherent value (at least, in the US),
suggesting good and bad. Unless there's a reason that they're the colors they
are, you should use a color (I'd suggest a dark gray) that doesn't have a
specific value.

I normally rail against pie charts, but in this case, you're comparing a part
(calories in the serving size) to the whole (recommended calories per day), so
I'm okay with it.

But the bigger thing I'd want to comment on: If you're redesigning the label,
REALLY redesign it. Show the volume of the serving suggestion with a photo on
a standardized plate / bowl. Or bring in some other piece of data that helps
people make decisions. Do something wholly different with it. (Basically, what
DanielStraight said.)

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DanielStraight
Aside from the pie chart and Christmas colors (which I can't figure out the
logic of intuitively), I don't see what's much different, and since we know
that people are terrible at reading pie charts, I don't see how the pie charts
will help.

I would like to see numbers per 100 g, or some other standard that can be
compared across foods. I would also like to see a nutrient density score of
some kind.

