Food Labels

Nutrition labels include:

• Nutrition Facts Table

• Ingredient lists

• Optional Nutrition Claims

• All of the above

How many core nutrients are there?

• None

• 9

• 13

• They are all core nutrients

The serving size of food is located where on a nutrition table?

• Top

• Bottom

• MIddle

• Anywhere

The goal of including nutrition labeling is to:

• Force people to read

• Use the Canada's Food Guide

• Achieve overall good health

• All of the above

In Canada, nutrition labeling has been mandatory since:

• Just after WW2

• 2007

• 2016

• It is not mandatory

The Government of Canada has recently restructured the nutrition label guidelines to:

• Make it easier to use

• Because it was no longer effective

• To include those who have difficulty reading

• It was not restructured recently

Which of the following must have a nutrition facts table?

• Coffee

• Raw chicken

• Ground meat

• Apples

Foods that have been prepared in store such as pre-made salad need to include a nutrition label.

• True

• False

Food (such as a pie) purchased from the Millwoods Farmers Market must have a nutrition label.

• True

• False

What percentage is used to say if something contains a "little" of the daily value of a nutrient?

• 0%

• 5%

• 15%

• 50%