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Understanding Food Packaging:
Nutrient Claims, Nutrition Facts, and Ingredients
This worksheet can help you learn how to read food packaging. DO NOT leave any questions
unanswered, please put n/a (not applicable) or 0/zero if there is no other answer. Unanswered/blank
questions will be marked as incorrect.
What you will need:
This worksheet
A food package that includes:
o At least ONE nutrient claim
o Nutrition facts
o List of ingredients
Your textbook
The handout/attached document: Nutrient Claims
1. Food item: kind bar
2. How many servings are in this package? 1
3. What is the measurement used for one serving? (cups, oz., etc.) 40 grams
4. Do you think that this is an amount that most people would eat at one sitting? Explain why or why
not. Yes, because it is just one bar and most people take one with them and eat the whole thing.
5. How many calories are provided in one serving of this food? 190
6. How many calories would be provided by consuming this entire product? (hint: number of servings
x calories per serving) _190
7. What nutrient claim(s) are listed on this food package?
They advertise on the package that they have ingredients you can see also no genetically
engineered ingredients.
8. List the criteria for each of these claims below:
It was very way to read the ingredients and get the information needed.
9. How many grams (g) of total fat is in one serving of this product? Gluten free, 0 trans-fat, dairy
free, very low sodium.
10. How many grams of total fat would be provided by consuming this entire product? These are all
things that people should and need to look out for. It can effect some people’s health
dramatically.
11. How many grams saturated fat is in one serving of this product? _12 grams
12. What percentage of total fat is from saturated fat in this product? 12 grams
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[hint: (grams of saturated fat/grams of total fat) x 100 = ____%]
13. How many grams trans-fat is listed on the Nutrition Facts label? 5 g
14. What ingredients provide trans-fat? I did not see any that would.
15. How many milligrams (mg) of cholesterol is in one serving of this food? 0 mg
16. What ingredient or ingredients provide cholesterol? None in this product
17. How many grams of sugar is provided in one serving of this food? 12 g
18. A person eating a 2000-calorie diet should consume no more than 50 grams (or 10% of total
calories) of added sugar/day. How many grams of sugar would be provided by consuming this
entire product? 12 g
19. Reading the ingredient list carefully, which ingredients provide the sugar in this food? For each
source of sugar, are they naturally occurring or added sugars? Natural sugars
20. How many grams of fiber is in one serving of this food? 3g
21. Is this broken down into soluble and insoluble fibers on the nutrition facts label? _3
If so, list the amounts of each: soluble fiber _______________ insoluble fiber ________________
22. What percentage of the total daily fiber requirement is provided by this food? 12%
23. How many milligrams (mg) of sodium does one serving of this food contain? 25 mg
24. How many milligrams (mg) of sodium would be provided by consuming this entire product? 25 mg
25. What percentage of your daily sodium allowance is found in one serving this product? 1 %
26. How many grams of protein is provided in one serving of this food? 3 g
27. By weight, which three ingredients does this food provide the most of? Nuts, cocunt
28. List the vitamins & minerals provided by this food. Which micronutrient is provided in the highest
amount?
+ll foods must pro"ide nutrition information for "itamin +, "itamin C, calcium, and iron. oes this
food item pro"ide information for any other "itamins and minerals2 If yes, list the "itamins G
minerals. es, Calcium 3B, "it 4 -7B, magnesium -(B, manganese -7B
29. Do you think that this is a healthful food choice? Explain your answer below:
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think that this is a healthy choice for an afternoon snack. It does not seem like they are trying
to hide anything and from what I have taken from class it is not full of the 6unk that some other
snacks
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