 What does a food label tell us?  Do you ever read food labels?

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 Sugar, corn syrup, wheat flour, molasses, caramel color, licorice extract, corn starch, salt, artificial colors (including yellow #6), resinous glaze, anise oil, canuba wax, artificial flavors

 Corn syrup solids, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, (may contain one or more of the following oils: coconut, cottonseed, palm, palm kernel, safflower, or soybean), sodium caseinate, mono-and dipotassium phosphate, artificial flavor, and annato color

 Tuna, water, sufficient for processing, vegetable oil, dicalcium phosphate, sodium triphosphate, tricalcium phosphate, sodium chloride, vitamins A, B1, B6, E, and D3 supplements, zinc sulfate, menadione sodium bisulfide, manganous sulfate, sodium nitrite, folic acid

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 Lets us know what ingredients and nutrients are present in a food and how much of that food counts as a serving  Mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to protect consumers

 Contain this information in this order: ◦ Total Calories ◦ Calories from fat ◦ Total fat ◦ Saturated fat ◦ Cholesterol ◦ Sodium ◦ Total Carbohydrates ◦ Dietary fiber ◦ Sugars ◦ Protein ◦ Vitamin A ◦ Vitamin C ◦ Calcium ◦ Iron

in actual Amount (example: milligrams, grams) Listed by “Percent Daily Value” a guide to the nutrients in one serving of food based on a 2,000-calorie diet for healthy adults For example, if the label lists 15 percent for calcium, it means that one serving provides 15 percent of the calcium you need each day.

 1.) How do nutrition labels list ingredients?  2.) What is “percent daily values”?