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Decoding Food Label Terms for Health-Conscious Choices

Understand nutrition labels defining terms like low, reduced, free, and more for healthier food selections. Learn the percentage breakdown of protein, carbohydrates, and fats in your diet.

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Decoding Food Label Terms for Health-Conscious Choices

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  1. Food Label Terms Words such as low, reduced, free and more are now legally defined within nutrition.

  2. Reduced • Means that the product has 25% or less of a nutrient or calorie than the regular product.

  3. Calorie Free • Less than 5 calories

  4. Low Calorie • 40 calories or less

  5. Light or Lite • One third fewer calories or 50% less fat: if more than half the calories are from fat, the fat content must be reduced by 50% or more.

  6. Fat Free • Less than .5 grams of fat

  7. Low Fat 3 grams of fat or less

  8. Sodium • Sodium Free– 35 milligrams or less sodium • Light in sodium– 50% less sodium • Low Sodium– 140 milligrams or less sodium • Very low sodium– less than 50 milligrams sodium

  9. Cholesterol • Cholesterol Free – less than 2 milligrams cholesterol and 2 grams or less saturated fat. • Low Cholesterol – 20 milligrams or less cholesterol and 2 grams or less saturated fat.

  10. Nutritional Information – Food Label Activity

  11. Food Label Name of label _________________________________________ Serving Size: ____________ Total Calories: ____________  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Protein:__________ grams (1 gram = 4 calories) Carbohydrate: ___________ grams (1 gram = 4 cal.) Fat: ___________ grams (1 gram = 9 calories) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

  12. Of the total number of calories, how many are from protein, carbohydrates and fat? Protein Calories: ________ X 4 = ____________ Carbohydrate Calories: ________ X 4 = _____________ Fat Calories: _________ X 9= ______________

  13. What percentage of the total calories are from protein, carbohydrates and fats? % of Protein = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ % % of Carbs = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ % % of Fat = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ %

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