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. "Strawberry" PopTart

9. In a minute, each person will choose a product and
fill in a worksheet. Here is what you’ll be looking at:
Hand out worksheet, but not food product
yet. Can you figure it yourself?: 9

10. 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) 10

11. Egg Nog #1
Write the
name of
your
product
Egg Nog

12. Egg Nog #2
Write the
Serving
Size of
your
product

13. Egg Nog #2
Write the
Serving
Size of
your
product:
1 cup

14. #3
Serving per container
Egg Nog

15. #3
Serving per container 1
Egg Nog

16. Servings Per Container: 2 Calories 150 Total Fat 1g #3
Calories300
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 7 pieces
Servings Per Container: 2
Calories 150
Total Fat 1g
Total Carbohydrate 38g
Sugars 31g #3
Total Fat 2

17. Egg Nog
#3 Is it
Realistic?
Deceptive?

18. Egg Nog #4
Total Fat?
Saturated fat?
Trans fat?

19. Egg Nog #4
Total Fat? 12
Saturated fat? 3
Trans fat? 3

20. Trans fat? If it's not listed on label, you'll need to look at #4
Total Fat?
Saturated fat?
Trans fat? If it's not listed on
label, you'll need to look at
ingredients 20

21. by weight. How many grams?
Egg Nog
#5: sugars
are measured
by weight. How many grams?

22. Egg Nog To be in our vending machine at school it has to be less than:
< 35% (calories from) fat
Fat Calories divided by
total calories=_________ +
< 35% (weight from) sugar
(or no more than 15 grams)
Sugar Grams divided by total
grams = ___________

23. #6
Calories from Fat
divided by
Total Calories =
________
Yes_____ or No____
Egg Nog

24. #6 Calories from Fat
110
divided by
Total Calories
250 =
44% __
Yes_____ or No__X__
Egg Nog

25. #7
Sugar Grams
divided by
Total Grams =
________
Yes_____ or No____
Egg Nog

26. #7
Sugar Grams 5
divided by
Total Grams
228 =
____2%__
Yes__X___ or No____
Egg Nog

27. IS YOUR PRODUCT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE SCHOOL VENDING MACHINE: YES _____ NO_____

28. IS YOUR PRODUCT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE SCHOOL VENDING MACHINE: YES _____ NO__X___
Has to be under 35 for both!!

29. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for TOTAL FAT?:

30. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for TOTAL FAT
80 divided by 170 =
47%
NO!

31. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for SUGAR GRAMS?:

32. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for SUGAR GRAMS
11 divided by 35 =
31%
YES!
But in vending machine
for both = NO!

33. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for TOTAL FAT?:

34. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for TOTAL FAT?:
5 divided by 50 = 1%
YES!

35. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for SUGAR GRAMS?:

36. Just a bit more practice…
Is this product healthy
for SUGAR GRAMS?:
7 divided by 14 =
50%
NO!
In vending machine
for both = NO!

38. -look at calories if you want to lose weight (and servings!)
Here is a "generic" way to look at the label information:
-look at calories if you want
to lose weight (and servings!)
-look at fat (total and saturated) if you want
to lose body fat/get 6-pack abs! (or if you have heart/ medical problems
-look at protein if you want
to build muscle
Good fat example:
Total fat is 16
Sat. fat is 1
BUT, if you want to
lose weight-
count calories:
6 servings per
container:
calories 170 x 6 =
____________ !!!!

39. Watch a video on "Grocery Store Savvy"12

40. Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt Homework