Guideline Daily Amount , GDA (abbreviation)

This is in accordance with EU rules stating nutritional information must carry both calories and kilojoules in the guideline daily amounts.

Guideline Daily Amount synonym of Dietary Reference Intake.

The label is on the front of the package and easier to spot and interpret than Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) labelling which will continue.

One of the main activities of the CIAA is the development of the Guideline Daily Amounts pictograms displaying nutritional values on food packaging.

Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) are a nutrition facts label that originally began in 1998 as a collaboration between the UK government, the food industry and consumer organizations.

The ruling banning the advertisement stated: "Because Vitamin Water contained about a quarter of a consumer's GDA (guideline daily amount) for sugar as well as the added vitamins, we considered that the description of Vitamin Water as 'nutritious' was misleading."

Chewits subscribes to the Betreatwise program, a UK program that encourages people to think about the treats they eat as a part of a healthy and well balanced diet, and to use the Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) on the back of packs for nutritional guidance.