Understanding Food Labels Worksheet

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Understanding Food Labels Worksheet
Part A: Analyzing a Food Label
Complete the table below by filling in the requested items. Use the food label of your favorite snack to
obtain the information needed.

Name of Product

Smartfood Popcorn

Serving Size

1 Package

Number of
servings per
containerpackage

Amount Per Serving

Calories

100

Fat calories

60

Grams of fat

Amount of
unsaturated fat

Amount of
saturated fat

1.5g

Amount of trans
fat

0g

Amount of
sodium (salt)

180mg

Grams of protein

Grams of
carbohydrates

Grams of Fiber

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Part B: Calculating Calories

Complete the equations below by using the information you obtained in Part A tables. Use
figure 5.19 of the Visualizing Nutrition textbook as a guidance.

Number of calories from proteins: _2_ x _4_ = 8 calories

1 gram of protein = 4 calories

Number of calories from carbs: _9_ x _4_= 36 calories

1 gram of carbs = 4 calories

Number of calories from fat: _6_x _9_ = 54 calories

1 gram of fat = 9 calories

If you were to eat the entire product, how many calories would you have consumed:
Fat: _54_
Proteins:_ 8__
Carbohydrates: _36 _
Total calories: _98_

Part C: Food Label Questions

Response to each of the following questions using the information obtained in Parts A and B.

1. How many calories/grams,fat/grams, and carbohydrates/grams protein are there for the
entire package?
98
2. How much fiber is there per serving/package?
1 gram
3. If the recommended fiber intake per day is 25-30 grams, would this food item be a good
source of fiber? Why or why not?
No, because this item only contains 1 gram of fiber. Which is not that much.
4. If there were 0.49 grams trans fat per serving in the food item you are analyzing, how
much trans fat would be consumed if you were to eat the entire package? (Trans fat
rule: if there is less than 0.5 grams of trans fats per serving in a food, it can be
listed on the food label as 0 grams trans fat per serving.)
0.49 grams of transfat
5. How can a person determine whether or not there are trans fats in a food?
By looking for ingredients such as hydrogenated oil, vegetable shortening or
partially hydrogenated oil, because this means trans fats are somewhere in there.

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6. List all the ingredients on the label. Highlight and briefly discuss any ingredients of concern.
Popcorn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, and/or Sunflower Oil), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese
Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Buttermilk, and Salt.

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