NW Food Labels

What is the first thing you should look at on a food label?

• Sugar

• Allergens

• Calories

• Serving size

All nutritional information on the label is based on what?

• The calories per serving

• The total package

• Serving size

• The age of a person

Below the calories, what is listed?

• Fats, vitamins and minerals

• Serving size

• How many servings in the package

• Grams of sugar

% Daily Value listed show how much of each ____________ is in one serving compared to the recommended daily value

• Calorie

• Nutrient

• Vitamin

• Servings

What is the amount of calories for two servings?

• 460

• 230

• 430

• 450

Why all not all fats listed on a food label?

• Not necessary

• Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are not required to be shown on food labels,

• Too many to list

• Not important

Dietary Fibers help to normalize bowel movements. For every 5 carbs in a food, there should be _____ grams of dietary fiber.

• 10

• 5

• 1

• 3

The food label shows 31 carbs. How many dietary fibers should it have to be considered good?

• 3 dietary fibers

• 1 dietary fiber

• 5 dietary fibers

• 6 dietary fibers

When a label has additional sugar added, what does that tell us?

• it is sweet

• it is extra sweet.

• It has natural sugar and then more sugar was added. It should alert to me be cautious.

• you should add some more sugar to it

What is the most overlooked part of the nutrition label?

• fat grams

• ingredient list

• sodium

• allergens