Label Detectives
This panel on a food package provides information about its nutrients.
What is the Nutrition Facts panel?
This claim means a food contains none or an insignificant amount of the named component.
What is free?
Foodborne illness is also known by this common name.
What is food poisoning?
A food allergy involves a reaction by this body system.
What is the immune system?
This food guide uses a plate image to help people choose healthful foods.
What is MyPlate?
This tells you the amount of food that the listed nutrition information describes.
What is serving size?
This claim means a product has at least 25% fewer calories or less of a named nutrient than the original.
What is reduced?
These disease-causing organisms can contaminate food.
What are pathogens?
This negative reaction to food does not involve the immune system.
What is a food intolerance?
A food that provides many nutrients compared with its calories is described this way.
What is nutrient-dense?
This tells you how many servings are in the entire package.
What is servings per container?
This claim means a food supplies at least 20% of the Daily Value of a named nutrient.
What is high?
This occurs when pathogens spread from one food to another.
What is cross-contamination?
Name two common food allergens listed in the notes.
What are any two of milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, wheat, fish, or shellfish?
Fresh fruit, unsalted nuts, and air-popped popcorn are examples of these between-meal choices
What are healthful snacks?
Ingredients appear in descending order according to this measurement.
What is weight?
This date tells a store the last day it should sell a product.
What is a sell-by date?
This tool measures the internal temperature of food during cooking.
What is a food thermometer?
This term names a serious allergic reaction that needs immediate medical attention.
What is anaphylaxis?
Name all five MyPlate food groups.
What are fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy?
Daily Double - A package contains three servings with 120 calories per serving. Eating the entire package provides this many calories.
What is 360 calories?
Unlike a sell-by date, this date tells when a food was processed or packaged.
What is a pack date?
Daily Double - Name all four food safety steps taught in the lesson.
What are clean, separate, cook, and chill?
One student has an immune system reaction to food; another has a reaction that does not involve the immune system. Identify each type of reaction.
What are a food allergy and a food intolerance
This term describes an area where affordable or high-quality food is difficult to buy.
What is a food desert?