1. Do Now #7
How many calories would you consume if you ate the whole container?
HOW MANY MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM total?
What does % daily value mean?
Please gather all due now and hand in

2. THE A, B, C’s OF READING
FOOD LABELS

3. Food Label Proposal

4. BASED ON A 2,000
CALORIE DIET.
YOUR DAILY VALUE
MAY BE LOWER
OR HIGHER
DEPENDING ON YOUR
CALORIC NEEDS

5. What does it mean? Fat-free
Less than ½ (.5) grams of fat in a serving.
Low fat
3 grams of fat (or less) per serving.
Calorie-free
Less than 5 calories per serving
Low Calorie
Fewer than 40 calories per serving
Lean (meat labels)
-Less than 10 grams of fat per serving.
-4.5 grams or less of saturated fat per serving
-Less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol per serving
Cholesterol-free
-Less than 2 milligrams of cholesterol per serving
-2 grams (or less) of saturated fat per serving

6. What does it mean? Reduced
An altered product that contains at least 25 percent fewer
-calories
-sodium
-sugar
Lite (Light)
Contains 1/3 fewer calories of the higher-calorie
No more than ½ the fat of the higher-fat version
No more than ½ the sodium of the higher sodium version
Healthy
The food must be low in fat and saturated fat
Must contain limited amounts of cholesterol and sodium

7. REDUCED 25% LIGHT <5 FREE <1/2g HIGH 20%
FAT
LIGHT
1/2
SALT
CALORIES
1/3
<5
CALORIES
FREE
<1/2g
FAT
HIGH
20%

8. INGREDIENTS
ARE LISTED FROM:
MOST
LEAST

9. CALORIES CALORIES CALORIES…
HOW MANY POUNDS IS
HEALTHY TO GAIN/LOSE
IN ONE WEEK?
HOW MANY CALORIES =
1 POUND?
1-1.5
LBS.
3500

10. IF YOU TAKE IN MORE THAN YOU USE
HOW DO I BURN CALORIES?
INTAKE vs. EXPENDITURE
BASIC MATH
IF YOU TAKE IN MORE THAN YOU USE =
WEIGHT GAIN

11. 10% RULE RAISE a finger if the food has:
10% or more:
VITAMIN A
VITAMIN C
CALCIUM
IRON
(5g) PROTEIN
FIBER
LOWER a finger if the food has either:
10% or more TOTAL FAT
200 or more CALORIES

12. Reading Food Labels