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Understanding Food Packaging:

Nutrient Claims, Nutrition Facts, and Ingredients

This worksheet can help you learn how to read food packaging. DO NOT leave any questions
unanswered, please put n/a (not applicable) or 0/zero if there is no other answer. Unanswered/blank
questions will be marked as incorrect.

What you will need:

 This worksheet
 A food package that includes:
o At least ONE nutrient claim
o Nutrition facts
o List of ingredients
 Your textbook
 The handout/attached document: Nutrient Claims

1. Food item: ____Goldfish Crackers_____________

2. How many servings are in this package? ___About 6____________

3. What is the measurement used for one serving? (cups, oz., etc.) ____55 Pieces (30g)____

4. Do you think that this is an amount that most people would eat at one sitting? Explain why or why
not.

I believe that majority of people do not count the exact pieces they eat. I think that the average
person would eat all 55 pieces in one sitting easily.

5. How many calories are provided in one serving of this food? _______140 Cal.________

6. How many calories would be provided by consuming this entire product? (hint: number of servings
x calories per serving) _____840 calories_____

7. What nutrient claim(s) are listed on this food package?

___100% Real Cheese_______________________________________________

8. List the criteria for each of these claims below:

_The second ingredient listed is cheddar cheese, which backs up their claim. The ingredients are
listed in order _________________________________________________________________

9. How many grams (g) of total fat is in one serving of this product? ____5g_______

10. How many grams of total fat would be provided by consuming this entire product? ___About 30g_

11. How many grams saturated fat is in one serving of this product, also name one reason we want to
limit saturated fats in our diets? _______1g________
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12. What percentage of total fat is from saturated fat in this product? _____20%__________

[hint: (grams of saturated fat/grams of total fat) x 100 = ____%]

13. How many grams trans-fat is listed on the Nutrition Facts label? ___0g________

14. What ingredients in this product provide trans-fat?

__________________NA_______________________________________________________

15. How many milligrams (mg) of cholesterol is in one serving of this food? _____10mg__________

16. What ingredient(s) in this product provide cholesterol?

_____________Cheddar Cheese___________________________________________________

17. How many grams of sugar is provided in one serving of this food? _______0g________
a. Is there a line listing added sugar? Y/N If so, how many of the grams above are added
sugars? NA .

18. A person eating a 2000-calorie diet should consume no more than 50 grams (or 10% of total
calories) of added sugar/day. How many grams of sugar would be provided by consuming this
entire product? _0g____

19. Reading the ingredient list carefully, which ingredients provide the sugar in this food? For each
source of sugar, are they naturally occurring or added sugars?
__________NA____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

20. How many grams of fiber is in one serving of this food? ______1g_________

21. Is this broken down into soluble and insoluble fibers on the nutrition facts label? __no_________
If so, list the amounts of each: soluble fiber _______________ insoluble fiber ________________

22. What percentage of the total daily fiber requirement is provided by this food? ___4%__________

23. How many milligrams (mg) of sodium does one serving of this food contain?
________250mg_______

24. How many milligrams (mg) of sodium would be provided by consuming this entire product?
__1,500mg_______

25. What percentage of your daily sodium allowance is found in one serving this product?
_____11%__________

26. How many grams of protein is provided in one serving of this food? ____3g_______

27. By weight, which three ingredients does this food provide the most of?
_Enriched wheat flour, cheddar cheese, and vegetable oils.
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28. Which micronutrient listed is providing the highest % daily value?

_______Potassium at 50%___________________________________________________________

29. Do you think that this is a healthful food choice? Explain your answer below using evidence from
previous questions:
__No, I do not think this is a healthy food choice. There is a lot of sodium and not a lot of anything
else really. ___________________________________________________________________

Revised 5/17