Food Labels

As you have already learned, food products are

required to have a nutritional label posted on the
back. This label contains important information such
as the caloric intake, amount of fat, protein, carbs,
vitamins, and other nutrients.

Examine the following nutrition labels that I have

provided for you and use them
to answer the following
questions.

1. How many calories would you

take in if you at the whole box of
crackers in one sitting?
_______________

2. How many servings per container

are there? _______________

3. If you ate 2 servings, how many

grams of protein would you get?
_____________

4. What vitamins are included in

this pack of crackers? _____________
5. Look at the label on the right. It
is the information of a Hot
Cheetos bag. If you were to eat
the entire bag, how much
sodium would you consume?
_____________

6. If the recommended sodium

intake from ages 9 to adulthood
is 1,500mg, would you be eating
too much sodium? _____________

7. What vitamins are you receiving

from eating this package?
____________

8. Based on this information,

which would you conclude is the
better snack? _______________