Nutrients
Numbers
Ingredients
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100
What is the best way to get more vitamins and minerals in your diet?
What is Eat more fruits and vegetables, and less processed foods.
100
In the 5 and 20 rule, the 5 represents what?
What is A product that has 5% DV of a nutrient is considered low in that nutrient (low can be good or bad depending on the nutrient)
100
Which of the following ingredients represents "whole grains"? rolled oats, cracked wheat, multi-grain bread
What is rolled oats
100
If a label says that 2 cookies = 150 calories. If you eat 6 cookies, how many calories have you eaten?
What is 450
100
What is the difference between a NUTRIENT and an INGREDIENT?
What is An ingredient is what goes into making the product. A nutrient is what your body gets out of eating the product.
200
What is an important factor to consider when making decisions about protein?
What is Many protein sources are also high in fat. Choose proteins that are lean - low in fat, especially saturated fat.
200
In the 5 and 20 rule, the 20 represents what?
What is A product that has 20%DV of a nutrient is considered high in that nutrient (high can be good or bad, depending on the nutrient).
200
What type of foods are most likely to contain trans fats?
What is Processed packaged products, such as frozen pizza, crackers, snack foods and more.
200
Why are calories and calories from fat listed at the top of the label?
So that a person can limit their calories in general and can also see how many of the calories are from fat, which should be limited. Many Americans consume too many calories and too much fat, so having this at the top of the label can help to become more aware of this.
200
List at least 3 types of information that nutrition labels provide?
Ingredients, Nutrients, and Serving Size (also %DV)
300
%DV figures are based upon what?
2000 calorie diet
300
How can you tell if the sugar in a product is natural sugar or added sugar?
What is By looking at the ingredient list. Added sugars are on the ingredient list. Natural sugars are those that occur in whole foods naturally and are not a separate "sugar" ingredient.
300
Why are trans fats dangerous in our diet?
What is They contribute to high cholesterol and heart disease.
300
Is one serving a standard, measured amount, whatever is in that size package, or the amount you eat?
A standard measured amount.
400
What is the danger of eating too much sodium?
What is high blood pressure
400
A "low" calorie item has approximately how many calories (or less)?
What is 40
400
What ingredient on a food label represents "trans fats"?
What is Partially hydrogenated oil
400
On a food label, what does the %DV represent?
What is It represents the % of the total that you should eat per day of that nutrient - that you get when you eat one serving of the product.
400
List several sources of sodium in our diet.
What are salty snacks, prepared foods, lunch meats, table salt
500
List several nutrients that you should LIMIT in your diet.
Whatare Sodium, cholesterol, sugar and fat.
500
Why isn't there a %DV for sugar?
Because there is not a recommended amount that a person should eat in a day.
500
How are ingredients listed on a food label? By nutritional content, alphabetically, or by the amount the product contains by weight?
What is By the amount a product contains by weight, with the most listed first.
500
Some ingredients from a food label that represent fat include:
What are fats, oils, butter, and items that have fat in them such as milk, cheese, and chocolate.
500
Name at least 3 ingredients on a food label that represent added sugar.
What are brown sugar, chocolate chips, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, corn syrup, and molasses, corn syrup, fruit juice concentrate, maltose, dextrose, sucrose, honey, and maple syrup.
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