Food Label Terms Words such as low, reduced, free and more are now legally defined within nutrition.

Reduced Means that the product has 25% or less of a nutrient or calorie than the regular product.

Calorie Free Less than 5 calories

Low Calorie 40 calories or less

Light or Lite One third fewer calories or 50% less fat: if more than half the calories are from fat, the fat content must be reduced by 50% or more.

Fat Free Less than .5 grams of fat

Low Fat 3 grams of fat or less

Sodium Sodium Free – 35 milligrams or less sodium Light in sodium – 50% less sodium Low Sodium – 140 milligrams or less sodium Very low sodium – less than 50 milligrams sodium

Cholesterol Cholesterol Free – less than 2 milligrams cholesterol and 2 grams or less saturated fat. Low Cholesterol – 20 milligrams or less cholesterol and 2 grams or less saturated fat.

Nutritional Information – Food Label Activity

Food Label Protein:__________ grams (1 gram = 4 calories) Name of label _________________________________________   Serving Size: ____________ Total Calories: ____________  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Protein:__________ grams (1 gram = 4 calories) Carbohydrate: ___________ grams (1 gram = 4 cal.) Fat: ___________ grams (1 gram = 9 calories) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Of the total number of calories, how many are from protein, carbohydrates and fat?   Protein Calories: ________ X 4 = ____________ Carbohydrate Calories: ________ X 4 = _____________ Fat Calories: _________ X 9 = ______________

What percentage of the total calories are from protein, carbohydrates and fats? % of Protein = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ %   % of Carbs = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ % % of Fat = ________ / _______ X 100 = ________ %