Nutrition Labels
First thing you should look at on Food Labels
What is a serving size?
Nutrient that has more calories per gram
What is fat?
what is equal to 1 serving from the grain group?
1 cup of cooked pasta : 2 slices of bread : 1/2 cup of cooked pasta : 1 1/2 cups of cooked pasta
Percentage of your plate should be fruits and vegetables
Half or 50%
Most beneficial time of day to drink water
What is the morning?
Six types of Nutrients
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water
Healthiest type of fat
What is unsaturated fat?
This object can be compared to a 1/4 cup serving of a food
What is a golf ball?
Vitamin C does this for the body
What is protects against infection?
The percent of milk that is water
What is 87%?
This general guide to help you link nutrients in a serving of food to their contribution to your daily diet. It is based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet
What is Percentage Daily Value?
Three types of nutrients responsible for providing energy
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats?
The serving size is 1 pouch, the servings per container is 10, there are 80 calories in one serving. How many calories would I be consuming if I ate the entire box?
800 calories
Half of your days calories should come from this group
What are whole grains?
the only non-animal natural source of vitamin D
The three types of fats
What are Saturated Fats, Unsaturated Fats, Trans Fats?
The following food label states:
Serving size: 1/3 muffin
Calories: 211
Calories from fat: 99
If you were to eat the entire muffin, how many calories, and calories from fat would you be consuming?
633 calories & 297 calories from fat
Tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest
What is fiber?
Fruit that is made up of 25% air
What is an apple?
Name AT LEAST 3 things that a food label lists
1. name of the product 2. the amount of food in the package 3. name and address of the company that makes, packages, or distributes the product 4. ingredients in the food 5. nutrition facts panel, which provides information about the nutrients found in the food
Simple sugar found in Fruit
Simple sugar found in Milk
What is Fructose?
What is Lactose?
Serving Size: 1 slice or 1/6 of pizza.
Calories/Serving: 716
Calories from fat: 301
If you at the WHOLE pizza, how many calories & how many calories from fat would you be consuming?
Calories: 4296 and Calories from fat: 1806
Mineral you lack with anemia
What is iron?
Fruit that is a member of the rose family