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Food Label Study Guide HW
1. When choosing bread products such as bagels, rolls or muffins, which are high in carbohydrates,
remember to choose ones that are High in dietary Fiber.
2. When a food has been enriched it means that nutrients are added back to foods that were lost
during processing. (example – “Enriched flour”)
3. List 4 reasons why food additives are used:
 Improve or preserve nutrient value (examples are enriched-see above or fortified-Vit D in
milk
 Maintain product consistency (prevent caking, even texture, anti-clumping)
 Maintain wholesomeness (reduce spoiling, preserve flavor or color)
 Provide color and enhance flavor
4. When a food has been “fortified” it means that essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals are
ADDED to food that were NOT originally in the food (examples: Vit. D in Milk, Iodine in salt)
5. What 2 Health Claim have we learned about Saturated fats and Dietary Fiber?
 Diets Low in
Saturated Fats and high in Dietary Fiber help
reduce your risk of Cancer.

Diets Low in
Saturated Fats
and high in
reduce your risk of Heart Disease
Dietary Fiber
help
6. What Health Claim have we learned about Calcium?
 Diets high in calcium help Reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
7. What Health Claim have we learned about Sodium? Diets high in sodium increases your risk of
developing Hypertension / High Blood Pressure and having a Stroke .
8. What ingredients must be listed on the food label? All of them.
9. Ingredients on the food label are listed from greatest to least by weight.
10. How is a Nutrient Content Claim different from a Health Claim? A nutrient Content Claim
describes the relative amount of a nutrient but does
not link that nutrient to a specific disease.
11. When a food is said to be Nutrient Dense is means that it is full of
nutrients
like
Vitamins and Minerals and low in Calories, Saturated fats (or Total Fats), and Salt and
Sugars.
12. According to current legislation, Nutrition Facts labels must contain these 4 things:
 Net contents in terms of weight, measure or count
 Ingredients List
 Serving Size
 Nutrition Facts of specific nutrients based on ONE serving of that food.
13. The % Daily Value listed on the food labels are a guide to the recommended amount of each
nutrient found in one serving of that food.
14. 5% Daily Value (5 %DV) on the food label means that the food is Low in that nutrient.
15. 20% Daily Value (20%DV) on the food label means that the food is High in that nutrient.
16. List 3 important things about Serving sizes:
 Amount of food experts recommend you eat (to avoid over eating / portion control)
 Always written in commonly understood portions (cups, # of etc.)
 Are required to be listed on a Nutrition facts label
17. List 4 Other ways Sodium (salt) may be listed on a food label:
 Sodium Chloride
Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
 MonoSodium Glutamate (MSG) Disodium phosphate
18. List 4 Other ways sugar can be listed on a food label:
 High fructose corn syrup
Scurose, dextrose, fructose, (words ending with “ose”)
 Corn Syrup Solids
Brown sugar, maple syrup