Health: Food Labels Reading What Is in Your Food
Practice using nutrition facts and ingredient lists to make healthy choices
Health: Food Labels Reading What Is in Your Food
Practice using nutrition facts and ingredient lists to make healthy choices
Health - Grade 4-5
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A cereal label says: Serving size 1 cup, calories 150, total sugars 9 grams. If you eat 2 cups of cereal, how many calories and grams of sugar do you eat?
Double each amount because 2 cups is two servings.
You eat 300 calories and 18 grams of sugar because 2 cups is twice the serving size. - 2
An ingredient list says: whole grain oats, sugar, corn syrup, salt, cinnamon. Which ingredient is there the most of in this food?
Look at the first ingredient in the list.
Whole grain oats are there the most because ingredients are listed from the greatest amount to the smallest amount. - 3
A snack label says: Contains milk and soy. Jordan is allergic to milk. Should Jordan eat this snack? Explain.
Jordan should not eat this snack because the label says it contains milk, and Jordan is allergic to milk. - 4
Compare two yogurt labels. Yogurt A has 18 grams of total sugar. Yogurt B has 8 grams of total sugar. Which yogurt has less sugar?
Compare the two numbers of grams.
Yogurt B has less sugar because 8 grams is less than 18 grams. - 5
A whole grain bar has 5 grams of fiber. A bag of chips has 1 gram of fiber. Which food gives you more fiber, and why can fiber be helpful?
The whole grain bar gives more fiber because 5 grams is more than 1 gram. Fiber can help your digestive system work well and help you feel full. - 6
A soup label says there are 760 milligrams of sodium in 1 serving. The can has 2 servings. If you eat the whole can, how much sodium do you eat?
Multiply the sodium in one serving by the number of servings.
You eat 1,520 milligrams of sodium because 760 milligrams times 2 servings equals 1,520 milligrams. - 7
A bottle of juice says it has 2 servings per bottle. The calories are 90 per serving. If you drink the whole bottle, how many calories do you drink?
You drink 180 calories because the bottle has 2 servings and each serving has 90 calories. - 8
A label says calcium is 20 percent Daily Value. What does this mean in simple words?
Percent Daily Value tells how much one serving adds to a daily need.
It means one serving gives about 20 percent of the calcium a person may need in one day. - 9
A fruit snack and a candy both have 70 calories. The fruit snack has 0 grams of added sugar. The candy has 12 grams of added sugar. Are they exactly the same healthy choice? Explain.
Calories are only one part of a food label.
They are not exactly the same healthy choice because the candy has 12 grams of added sugar, while the fruit snack has no added sugar. - 10
A milk label says total sugars 12 grams and added sugars 0 grams. What does this tell you about the sugar in the milk?
Total sugars can include natural sugars and added sugars.
It tells you the milk has natural sugar, but no sugar was added during processing. - 11
On a Nutrition Facts label, which number tells how much energy you get from one serving of the food?
The calories number tells how much energy you get from one serving of the food. - 12
An ingredient list says: enriched flour, sugar, palm oil, honey, salt. Name two ingredients that are types of sweeteners.
Sweeteners are ingredients that make food taste sweet.
Sugar and honey are sweeteners listed in the ingredients. - 13
You are choosing a lower-sodium snack. Pretzels have 400 milligrams of sodium per serving. Baby carrots have 65 milligrams of sodium per serving. Which snack is lower in sodium?
Baby carrots are lower in sodium because 65 milligrams is less than 400 milligrams. - 14
A package says serving size 3 crackers. Mia eats 6 crackers. How many servings did Mia eat?
Divide the number eaten by the serving size.
Mia ate 2 servings because 6 crackers is twice the serving size of 3 crackers. - 15
Before choosing a packaged snack, name two parts of the food label that can help you make a healthier choice.
Two helpful parts of the food label are the Nutrition Facts panel and the ingredient list. They can help you check serving size, sugar, sodium, fiber, and what the food is made from.