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NuVal: Nutritional Scoring System
URL: http://www.griffinhealth.org/Research/ONQI.aspx

Description:
Commercial website for a nutritional scoring system that assigns each food an Overall Nutrition Quality Index (ONQI) "on a scale of 1 to 100." The system quantifies "the presence of more than 30 nutrients -- including vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants," and sugar, fats, cholesterol, protein quality, and more. Includes a description of how scores are derived, the science behind the ONQI algorithm, and sample NuVal scores for fruit, salty snacks, and more.

Publisher:
NuVal LLC.

LII Database Information:
Record 26762 created by Ray Van Diest on 08/22/2008
Last modification on 12/15/2008
Published: 12/18/2008  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26762