Assigning rules for Analysis
The rules are used as inputs for functions. These functions are used in equations to calculate analysis results. These results are shown on a nutrition fact panel on a label. The rules comply with government regulations for deriving nutrition values.
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Select the rules that are to be used in an analysis.
- Degradation Rule
- Rule with constant parameters used as a variable in equations. These equations calculate the degradation of nutrients, such as vitamins that degrade over their shelf life.
- Parameter Rounding Rule
- Select a parameter rounding rule. This rule is used as input
to an associated equation or script for rounding parameter values if no
rounding algorithm is included in the equation.
Six categories are standard for the industry.
- Shelf Life
- Number of months or the same unit as the one used
to derive the degradation constant. When the unit is different, the unit is
converted by the equation that is used to calculate the proposed label
value.
This value can be retrieved by an equation using the
ObjPropertymethod to calculate the amount of nutrient lost due to degradation. For example:shelfLife := ObjProperty(“SHELFLIFE”); - Daily Value
- How much the government says is the recommended value per day. This number is applied against the parameter value to get the percentage.