Reading Food Labels

Reading Food Labels

What do you know about food labels?

Multiple Choice

Serving size is based on a pre-determined portion on the food label.

• True

• False

Serving Size

All the numbers are based on one serving size.The package might actually contain several servings. This is very important information that will help you with portion control

Servings Per Container

Tells you how many servings in that package. Some foods are low in calories if you have only one serving. But if you eat more than one serving, calories can really add up! 

Multiple Choice

Calories measure the amount of energy in food.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Calories on a package are based on.....

• amount of fat in the item

• serving size

• how big the box is

• the amount i want to eat

Calories

This tells you how much energy you will get from one serving of this food. If you don’t use up that energy, it gets stored as fat.

Multiple Choice

General nutrition advice recommends how many calories per day for an adult?

• 1500

• 2000

• 2500

• 3000

Percent Daily Value

Number on the label given in percentages. These percentages are the amount of a certain nutrient that a person will eat in one serving. (based on 2000 calorie diet)

Multiple Choice

What is the best type of fat to eat for my heart?

• saturated

• trans

• unsaturated

Total fat

Total Fat is the amount of all the different kinds of fat in one serving. Your body needs some fat. Limit foods high in saturated fats and look for zero Trans fats. These fats are not good for your heart.

Multiple Choice

We should try to eat foods with high amounts of cholesterol.

• True

• False

Cholesterol & Sodium

Cholesterol and sodium (salt) tells you how much of that nutrient is in one serving. Pick foods that are low in cholesterol and sodium. Look for 5% or less!

Multiple Choice

All sugar that's in food is artificial.

• true

• false

Sugars

The total amount of natural sugar and added sugar that is in the one serving. Our body does not need too much sugar. Sugar can add a lot of calories that we don’t need.

your turn to read the food labels!

open the "food labels assignment" in the week 12 schoology folder.