Reading food labels

Reading the food label can help you compare products, make healthier choices and provide valuable information to people with food allergies.

• True

• False

What information must be listed on a food label?

• Ingredient list

• Calories per serving

• Serving size

• All of these answers

Ingredients are listed on the food label from least amount to the greatest amount in terms of weight.

• True

• False

Packages of food can sometimes look like a single serving size when they actually contain multiple servings.

• True

• False

% Daily Values on the food label gives the recommended percentage of a specific nutrient.

• True

• False

Step 1 when reading a food label is to.....

• Look at the serving size

• Look at the calories

• Look at the calories from fat

• Read the ingredients

Which of the following is NOT likely to be listed on a food label?

• Size

• Brand name

• Net weight

• Cost of contents

Which of the following information should be included on a food label?

I. The name of the product

II. A list of ingredients

III. The cost of the product

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

The expiry date on a carton of coconut cream means that its contents

• were packaged on that date

• should be thrown away on that date

• are best quantity if used before that date

• would no longer contain nutrients if not used by that date

The sell by date on a carton of coconut cream means that it is

• the last day the product should remain on the store shelf

• still of good quality and can be consumed

• packaged on that date

• to inform the consumer when the item should be thrown away