Cholesterol
dietary cholesterol
What it is
Cholesterol is a lipid made by the body and also present in foods of animal origin. Dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol are related concepts, but they are not the same thing.
Why BOTIA flags it
Cholesterol is declared on nutrition labels in some markets and absent from the standard panel in others. BOTIA keeps the declared value separate from the regulatory rules and evidence used to interpret it.
BOTIA CAN
- Read the cholesterol value when it is declared on the nutrition label and preserve its unit and basis.
- Keep dietary cholesterol distinct from blood cholesterol.
- Connect the declared value with the applicable regulatory information and documented evidence where relevant.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Predict a person's blood cholesterol response from the dietary cholesterol value on a food label.
- Determine an individual's appropriate cholesterol intake from the nutrition label.
- Treat an undeclared cholesterol value as zero.