Validace nutričních parametrů uvedených na obalech vybraných potravin

The main purpose of this diploma thesis was to study legislative requirements about marking food products with nutrition labels and summarize the activities and procedures of supervising organizations connected to problematic of goods marking. One of the goals was to briefly describe technological and producing methods of selected food - ham, cheese, kephir milk, baby food with fruit, wafer, bread, wholemeal puffed bread and chocolate. Next goal was to evaluate the risks of food consumption with deceptive nutrition labels. In the practical part of this thesis I have determined quantity of saccharides, lipids, proteins and salt in selected food products by standard methods. Simple saccharides were determined by Schoorl's method and starch volume by Ewers's method. Lipids were determined by Soxhlet's extraction and after put through derivatization. In gas chromatograph (GC) were detected fatty acids. Apart from the Soxhlet's extraction was made also extraction according to Hara and Radin (1987) for comparison. Proteins were determined by method using nitrogen according to Kjehdal with adjustments according to Winkler. The amount of salt was detected analytically by argetometric precipitating titration. Determination the volume of nutritive parameters was made in three ranks of selected products. From obtained results were evaluated possible risks, which might be caused by consumption of food products with deceptively stated nutritive labels