Labels
Interpreting labels
Health/Nutrient
Claims
Claims
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Nutrition labels are important for the following reasons:
What are: compare and choose products more easily, knowing the ingredients a food contains, and choosing products with a little or a lot of nutrients that are of interest to you ?
100
This is how you find out if a product has a lot, or a little of something (e.g. sugars)
What is the PERCENT DAILY VALUE or %DV. Based on 2000 kcal/day diet. 5% DV is a little. 15% DV is a lot. It is also possible to tell using the ingredient list as the first item listed will be the most in terms of weight.
100
A healthy diet low in saturated and trans fat may reduce the risk of heart disease. This statement is an example of...
What are health claims. May be about cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, stroke. They must be true and accurate. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulates health and nutrient content claims to make sure that all food companies use them accurately.
200
Name some of the nutrition label information topics that may be found on a food package.
What are: the nutrition facts label, ingredient list, nutrition claims, food allergen warnings, date labelling
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This label highlights food high in sodium, sugar, saturated fat or any combination of these. Where will you find this on the package?
What is - on the front of the package, usually near the upper half of the label. The front-of-package nutrition symbol is mandatory for prepackaged foods that meet or exceed set levels for sodium, sugars or saturated fat. Some exceptions to this include
- honey
- celery salt
- maple syrup
- vegetable oils
- seasoning salt
200
Choosing foods with nutrient content claims will help you get more of certain nutrients like calcium and fibre and less of other nutrients like sodium and sugar. TRUE OR FALSE
What is true?
300
These are some examples of nutrients you may wish to have less of.
What are fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium (salt).
300
Name some things to note about this labe.
What are: serving size, total calories and fat, the breakdown of the fat types, sodium and sugar content, fibre, calcium.
300
No added sugar means that there will be NO sugar in the product. TRUE or FALSE
What is false? It means no additional sugar is added. Eg. juice contains natural sugars, but if additional sugar is added it can no longer be called a juice. It may be called a punch, cocktail, fruit blend etc.