The Label
CALORIES AND SERVINGS
NUTRIENTS
FOOTNOTES & INGREDIENTS
% DAILY VALUE
100
Why are nutrition facts important to read?
They can help you follow a healthy diet and choose nutritious foods.
100
If a product is low in calories, how many calories does it have?
Less than 40 calories.
100
What are the nutrients measured in?
Grams or milligrams
100
Where are the footnotes located?
Underneath the nutrients
100
What is the % daily value based on?
A 2000 calorie diet.
200
Where is the food label usually located on a product?
Either on the side or back of the packaged product.
200
If a bag of chips has 70 calories per serving and you eat two servings, how many calories have you consumed?
140 calories
200
Which nutrients should be limited?
Saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium.
200
Where are the ingredients located?
Next to the nutrition facts
200
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.
300
In what order should you look at the label?
First read the ingredients, next serving size and # of servings, then calories per serving and lastly percentage of daily value.
300
What is the Nutrition Facts Label based on?
One serving
300
Which nutrients should you get plenty of?
Vitamins, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, etc.
300
How are the ingredients ordered?
They are ordered by weight, from most to least.
300
What does the Daily Value help determine?
It helps determine how much of a nutrient you are getting in a product.
400
What can the food label be used for?
It can be used to compare different food products.
400

What are calories from fat?

They are the calories you're consuming just from fat.

400
What should you use to compare nutrients?
% Daily Value
400
What should you do with foods that have nothing but chemical names a hundred letters long in the ingredients list?
You shouldn't eat them.
400
Why is the %DV not meant to track our total nutrient intake for the day?
Because some of the foods you eat (like vegetables, fruit, and fresh meat) don't have a Nutrition Facts table.
500
Does "fat-free" mean "sugar-free"?
No; the product still contains sugar.
500
What do the calories in food come from?
The calories in a food can come from fat, protein, or carbohydrate.
500
Which nutrients have no %Daily Value?
Sugars and Trans Fat
500
Do the footnotes ever change when comparing different products?
They never change.
500
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
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