NUTRITION LABELS and FACTS
Why are nutrition labels important to read?
They can help you make healthy food choices.
If a product is low in calories, but high in nutrients we call it a nutriet-_________ food.
dense
What is the unit of measurement used for nutrients?
Grams or milligrams
These are the two main types of nutrients.
Macronutrients and Micronutrients
How many calories per day is the % daily value based on?
An adult, 2000 calorie diet.
Where is the food label usually located on a product?
Either on the side or back of the packaged product.
If a bag of chips has 70 calories per serving and you eat two servings, how many calories have you eaten?
140 calories
Which nutrients should we be careful to limit?
Saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium.
Where are the ingredients of a food located?
Next to or below the nutrition facts.
You want to consume more fiber. One product has 6%DV of fiber and another has 14%DV. Which should you take?
The one with 14%DV of fiber.
What is the difference between serving size and "number of servings."
Serving size is one recommended amount of a food. "Number of servings" tells us how many servings are in a container.
What are the nutrition facts label numbers based on?
One serving of that food
Which nutrients should you get plenty of?
Vitamins, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, etc.
How are the ingredients ordered?
They are ordered by weight, from most to least.
There are this many grams of sugar in one teaspoon.
4 grams of sugar.
How could we use food labels to compare two different foods?
We could check to see which food has more good nutrients (vitamins and minerals), or which food is higher in calories, sodium, fat, or sugar.
What are calories from fat?
They are the calories you're eating just from fat.
What is another name for sodium?
Salt
Nutrition specialists recommend that kids should have no more than this amount of sugar (in teaspoons) per day.
No more than 6 teaspoons of sugar a day for kids
Micronutrients include vitamins and _______.
minerals.
Does "fat-free" mean "sugar-free"?
No; the product still can contain sugar.
What do the calories in food come from?
The calories in a food can come from macronutrients (fat, protein, or carbohydrate).
Which nutrients have no % Daily Value? This means, we don't need any in our diet.
Sugars and Trans Fat
What are the three main types of macronutrients.
Carbs, proteins, and fats.
If the food label says the product has 15%DV of Vitamin C, how much more Vitamin C would you need for the day?
85% DV