Health: Nutrition Labels: Added Sugars and Serving Sizes
Practice reading serving sizes and added sugars on food labels
Health: Nutrition Labels: Added Sugars and Serving Sizes
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?
Mia eats 7 grams of added sugar because she ate exactly 1 serving. - 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?
Multiply the added sugar per serving by the number of servings.
Jordan drinks 24 grams of added sugar. There are 2 servings, and 12 grams times 2 equals 24 grams. - 3
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?
Compare the amount eaten to the serving size first.
Leo ate 2 servings and 20 grams of added sugar. Each serving is 1 cup, so 2 cups is 2 servings, and 10 grams times 2 equals 20 grams. - 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?
Snack A has less added sugar because 4 grams is less than 9 grams. - 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?
Subtract added sugars from total sugars.
There are 8 grams of sugar that are not added sugars. 14 grams total sugars minus 6 grams added sugars equals 8 grams. - 6
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?
Sam ate 2 servings and 16 grams of added sugar. Four cookies is two groups of 2 cookies, and 8 grams times 2 equals 16 grams. - 7
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?
The serving size tells the amount in one serving.
Maya drank 1 serving because the serving size is 8 fluid ounces and she drank 8 fluid ounces. - 8
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?
Two halves make one whole.
Alex eats 12 grams of added sugar. A whole muffin is 2 servings because each serving is 1/2 muffin, and 6 grams times 2 equals 12 grams. - 9
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?
The whole bag has 15 grams of added sugar. There are 3 servings, and 5 grams times 3 equals 15 grams. - 10
A nutrition label lists Serving size: 3/4 cup. Kai eats 1 1/2 cups of the food. How many servings did Kai eat?
Think of 1 1/2 cups as 1 cup plus 1/2 cup, or 6/4 cup.
Kai ate 2 servings. One serving is 3/4 cup, and 1 1/2 cups is the same as 6/4 cups, which is two 3/4 cup servings. - 11
A nutrition label for applesauce says: Total sugars: 11 grams. Added sugars: 0 grams. What does 0 grams of added sugars mean?
It means no sugar was added during processing. The sugars listed are naturally present in the food. - 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?
If a container has 2 servings, half the container is 1 serving.
Priya drinks 15 grams of added sugar because half the container is 1 serving. - 13
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?
Choice A has less added sugar. It has 12 grams less added sugar because 14 grams minus 2 grams equals 12 grams. - 14
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?
Compare the added sugars for one serving of each drink.
The soda has more added sugar because it has 20 grams of added sugar and the juice box has 0 grams. - 15
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?
Find how many groups of 5 pieces are in 10 pieces.
The student ate 2 servings and 22 grams of added sugar. Ten pieces is two groups of 5 pieces, and 11 grams times 2 equals 22 grams.