1. Being a Smart Food Consumer
Chapter 5, Lesson 5

2. Nutrition Labels Indicates the nutrient and calorie content of foods
Serving size, per container, calories from fat (unsaturated and saturated), grams of carb, fiber, sodium, protein, sugar, Daily Value, minerals, vitamins
Sometimes two lists if food is eaten with another
Some foods do not require label
Restaurants, plain coffee, spices, fresh meat, veggies, and fruit, food produced by very small companies.
Nutrition Labels

3. Nutrition Labels Ingredients list Food additives
By weight in descending order
Food additives
Substances added to food intentionally to produce a desired effect
Add nutrients, lengthen storage life, give flavor or color, maintain texture, control acidity, help to age food
Enriched – a food in which nutrients that were lost in processing have been added back in
Fortification – the addition of nutrients that are not naturally present
Sugar and fat substitute
Substituting ingredients in order lower calories or fat content
Nutrition Labels

4. Product Label Claims Claim combating disease or illness Healthy Light
Low in fat and saturated fat
Light
Calories reduced by at least a third
Less
Contains 25% less of a nutrient
-free
Contains no amount
Fresh
Raw, unprocessed, never frozen
Natural
Meat and poultry
Product Label Claims

5. Product Label Claims Expiration Date Freshness Date Pack Date
Use the product by
Freshness Date
Last day thought to be fresh
Pack Date
Date product was packaged
Sell Date
Last date product should be sold
Product Label Claims

6. Shelf Labeling Unit pricing
A strategy for recognizing the relative cost of a product based on the cost of a standard unit
Compare different sized containers against each other
Shelf Labeling