Comments on: Nutritional facts redesigned

By: Beautiful data | Décoller

Beautiful data | Décoller — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:21:47 +0000

[...] how much better and more intuitive data become when properly presented. My favorites include this beautiful milk carton, awesomely big infographics, and the post-Eyjafjallajökull situation in European [...]

By: AJK

AJK — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:52:06 +0000

Gee, people are a bit harsh. Yes the info is not necessarily what is needed, but I like the concept. It will actually make me read it instead of just ignoring the usual boring writing.

By: ミルクにもインフォグラフィック » 経済学101

ミルクにもインフォグラフィック » 経済学101 — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:24:30 +0000

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By: Audree Lapierre

Audree Lapierre — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:01:38 +0000

The circular graphic indicates nutrient balance and it’s completeness score between 0 and 100.

It offers a visual representation of a food’s nutritional strengths and weaknesses, with each spoke representing a different nutrient. A completeness score between 0 and 100 is a relative indication of how complete the food is with respect to these nutrients.

The triangular diagram indicates the caloric ratio, percent daily value and total calories. The location of the black circle shows you what percentage of the calories in a food come from carbohydrates, fats or proteins. Foods low in fat, for example, will cluster along the bottom edge of the pyramid, ranging from foods that are high in carbohydrates (at the left edge) to foods that are high in protein (at the right edge).

The number in the black circle is the total calories while the other numbers are amounts of calories per selected serving. And then % daily value.

BTW this was a quick, fun week-end exercise, I was not trying to change the future of nutritional information or packaging. Sorry!

By: We Really Need Better Packaging For The Stuff We Eat

We Really Need Better Packaging For The Stuff We Eat — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:12:52 +0000

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By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:39:18 +0000

Like all too much visualization lately, this is attractive and incomprehensible.

The triangular graphic is difficult to decode. Two side by side bar charts, while “boring”, would show the information clearly.

There’s no indication what the circular graphic is supposed to show.

By: Alex Kerin

Alex Kerin — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:40:29 +0000

Like the concept, don’t like the charts. These charts could easily confound your average milk user (i.e. me)..

Now add some values showing % antibiotics found in the milk compared to industry average, vitamin content and degradation with time in fridge, number of quality control issues…

By: everheardofaspacebar

everheardofaspacebar — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:12:23 +0000

add transparent packaging and add even more data vis (how much you’ve got left), not necessarily environmentally friendly though (and would only work well for milk and other white foods and drinks)

By: Daily Links for May 9th through May 10th | Akkam's Razor

Daily Links for May 9th through May 10th | Akkam's Razor — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:01:20 +0000

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By: Jim Rodovich

Jim Rodovich — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:23:09 +0000

This design obfuscates the data rather than illuminating it. The data itself is not difficult to understand, and none of the graphs would have any meaning if the printed numbers were omitted.

In fact, the graphs mislead: for example, it would appear from a visual inspection that roughly 95% of the milk is either carbohydrates, fat, or protein, when in fact those total only 9.6 grams per 100. (By the way, a serving of milk, in the United States at least, is 240 mL, or about 250 grams — so why are the quantities shown in the picture “per 100 grams”?) And imagine trying to compare the colored bubbles on the percent daily value graph between two different products with different-sized packaging and different color codes…