1. FOOD LABEL? ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A

2. Getting the Nutrition Facts
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Almost all packaged foods have a Nutrition Facts label, which contains facts about the nutritional value of one serving of the product. This information will help you make good choices about what foods to include in your eating plan.
Keep in mind that a package many contain more than one serving.
The label shows percentages of Daily Value (DV) for key nutrients.
Look for foods containing 20 percent or more of the needed vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Foods with 5 percent or less of fat, cholesterol, and sodium are good choices.
Pay attention to the additives in each packaged food. Food additives have been approved for human consumption, but the long-term effects are not fully understood.

3. Steps for Reading Food Labels

4. Reading Ingredients Lists
Keep this in mind:
1.) Corn syrup
2.) Dextrose
3.) Sucrose
are all types of sugar
If they are among the first three items in a product’s ingredients list, the amount of added sugar is high.

5. Analyzing Food Labels
Each group will be given 2 food labels of similar foods.
Each group will list and discuss food label facts on the chart provided
Next, each group will decide which food product they think is the healthiest