2A Reading Ingredients List & Food Labels

"The difference between WHOLE FOOD (fruit, whole grains, vegetable, fish) and FOOD PRODUCTS (processed food that comes in a package} is that WHOLE FOOD does not need any nutrition facts label"

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• False

When reading a INGREDIENTS LIST, an ingredient that you need to AVOID on the first three is:

• oil

• sugar

• whole grain

• fruits

What happens to your body when you consume so many sugar?

• Your digestive system works nice

• Your hair and skin look healthy

• Too much sugar turns to fat in your body.

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HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP is a cheap sugar that has no value to keep your body healthy.

• True

• False

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The LESS ingredients you see in the INGREDIENTS LIST of a Food Product, the BETTER is, because the chances of additive and preservatives, to improve and enhance the flavor and taste are LOW.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

The main characteristics of Ultraprocessed food are:

• An endless list of ingredients, the names of these ingredients as many will be chemicals, colourings, sweeteners and preservatives.

• no ingredients at all, or minimum

• products that are usually made using a mix of group of one and two ingredients. This ingredients are not more than 10 % of each.

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The first thing you have to do before you buy food in a store is:

• check the price

• check the ingredients list

• ckeck the brand of the product

Some characteristics of Processed food are:

• These foods come in a package, it has a Nutrition Label.

  The ingredients list is very short.

• They are vegetables and fruits.

• They have a lot of ingredients.

How can you know if a food product is processed or ultra-processed?

• You can know reading the calories.

• You can easily know just by reading the ingredients list.

• You can know because of the price.

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Some UNPROCESSED FOOD (fruits, vegetables, healthy protein) has an Ingredient list and Nutritional Fact Label

• True

• False