Students practice using nutrition labels to find serving sizes, servings per container, total sugars, and added sugars. They also compare choices and calculate amounts for more than one serving.
Read each problem carefully. Use the nutrition label information given in the question. Show your work when you calculate servings or grams of added sugar.
Practice reading serving sizes and added sugars on food labels
Health - Grade 4-5
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A granola bar label says: Serving size: 1 bar. Added sugars: 7 grams. If Mia eats 1 bar, how many grams of added sugar does she eat?
- 2
A bottle of fruit drink has this label: Serving size: 1 cup. Servings per bottle: 2. Added sugars: 12 grams per serving. If Jordan drinks the whole bottle, how many grams of added sugar does Jordan drink?
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A cereal label says: Serving size: 1 cup. Added sugars: 10 grams. Leo pours 2 cups into his bowl. How many servings did he eat, and how many grams of added sugar did he eat?
- 4
Look at these two snack labels. Snack A has 4 grams of added sugar per serving. Snack B has 9 grams of added sugar per serving. If the serving sizes are the same, which snack has less added sugar?
- 5
A yogurt cup has 1 serving per container. The label says Total sugars: 14 grams and Added sugars: 6 grams. How many grams of sugar are not added sugars?
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A cookie package label says: Serving size: 2 cookies. Added sugars: 8 grams per serving. If Sam eats 4 cookies, how many servings is that, and how many grams of added sugar did Sam eat?
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A drink label says: Serving size: 8 fluid ounces. Servings per container: 2. Maya drinks 8 fluid ounces. Did she drink 1 serving or 2 servings?
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A muffin label says: Serving size: 1/2 muffin. Added sugars: 6 grams per serving. If Alex eats the whole muffin, how many grams of added sugar does Alex eat?
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A snack mix bag has 3 servings per bag. Each serving has 5 grams of added sugar. If a student eats the whole bag, how many grams of added sugar are in the whole bag?
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A nutrition label lists Serving size: 3/4 cup. Kai eats 1 1/2 cups of the food. How many servings did Kai eat?
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A nutrition label for applesauce says: Total sugars: 11 grams. Added sugars: 0 grams. What does 0 grams of added sugars mean?
- 12
A sports drink has 15 grams of added sugar per serving. The container has 2 servings. Priya drinks half the container. How many grams of added sugar does she drink?
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Compare these two breakfast choices. Choice A: 1 serving of oatmeal with 2 grams of added sugar. Choice B: 1 serving of toaster pastry with 14 grams of added sugar. Which choice has less added sugar, and how much less?
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A juice box label says: Serving size: 1 box. Added sugars: 0 grams. A soda can label says: Serving size: 1 can. Added sugars: 20 grams. If both are one serving, which drink has more added sugar?
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A bag of candy says: Serving size: 5 pieces. Servings per bag: 4. Added sugars: 11 grams per serving. If a student eats 10 pieces, how many servings did the student eat, and how many grams of added sugar was that?