1. How to read a food label

2. 2

3. How companies might deceive you on a food label:
Unrealistic serving size - chips
Servings per container - muffin, cheetos
Packaging - pop tart
listing an amount and then having a “ * ”
- Mac n’ Cheese
see examples
on next slides…

4. Label Deception-Serving Size:
Servings Size: 6 chips
Servings per Container: 20
Calories: 130 (x20)
Total Fat: 6 grams (x20)

8. IS THIS PRODUCT HEALTHY?13
Ever wondered,
“Is this product
‘healthy’?...
Today you will
see how to
determine if
a product is
“healthy” for you.
To be in the
vending
machines at many
schools it has
to be less than:
< 35% (calories from) fat +
< 35% (weight from) sugar
(or no more than 15 grams) 8

9. Can you figure it yourself?:#1
A&W Restaurantｨ
Chocolate Fudge Sundae #2
#3 servings per
container
(just one for
this product, so
see next slide)

10. #3 If there is more than 1 Serving per container
Total Fat x 2 = _______
Sugars x 2 = ______ 10

11. Test Yourself:
A&W RestaurantｨChocolate Fudge Sundae #3
#3 Is it
Realistic?
Deceptive?

12. #4
Total Fat?
Saturated fat?
Trans fat? 12

13. #5
sugars
are measured
by weight 13

14. IS THIS PRODUCT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IN OUR VENDING MACHINES?
machine at
school it has
to be less than:
< 35% (calories from) fat +
< 35% (weight from) sugar
(or no more than 15 grams)

15. Sometimes the % Fat is easy to
figure in your head #6
Calories from Fat
÷ Calories=
________
Less than
35%??
yes___
no____

16. Can you
estimate
the % of
fat here?

17. Test Yourself:
A&W RestaurantｨChocolate Fudge Sundae
#7.
15 gr. divided by
189 = _______ +
no more than
15? (barely!)
Less than 35%??
yes _____
no ______

18. IS YOUR PRODUCT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE SCHOOL VENDING MACHINE: YES ________ NO___________