Name:_________________________________________________________ Per:_________

Food Label Scavenger Hunt:

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1. Which one has less calories? Costco pizza, or a Costco hot dog for lunch.

Costco pizza calories: ___________________

Costco hotdog calories: _________________

Which is less? _________________________________________

2. People with high blood pressure should watch their sodium. Compare the sodium in:

DQ Chicken Strip Basket:___________ Kraft Macaroni and Cheese:_______________

Which one is less? ___________________________

3. Which has less total fat?

Chicken McGrill: ___________________

Crispy Chicken: ___________________

Which is less? ___________________________________

4. I want salad dressing on my salad at McDonalds. Which one has the least amount of calories?

1) Creamy Caesar: Calories: ________________

2) Ranch: Calories: ________________________

Which is less? _________________________________________

5. Which of all the “Main Meals” has the highest number of calories?:________________________

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6. Let’s compare Coke and Mt. Dew:

Coke: Calories:____________ Carbohydrates? _____________ Sodium?_______________

Mt. Dew: Calories:____________ Carbohydrates? _____________ Sodium?________________

Circle the one with more calories.

7. The ingredient to worry about in beverages is SUGAR! How many teaspoons of sugar are actually
in the McDonalds Chocolate Milkshake? (Hint: Put sugar grams into your calculator and divide by 4)

sugar grams ______________

Ask your teacher if you
should actually measure
divided by 4
out the sugar to see how
much it is…!
=_______________teaspoons

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8. If I eat the whole jumbo muffin, I have to multiply the calories by 3.

(That’s 195 x 3 = 585 calories!!)

Is that more or less calories than the oatmeal? Circle one: more or less

9. Let’s compare bacon and sausage.

Bacon serving size? _____________

Sausage serving size? ___________

Are the serving sizes similar? yes or no.

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10. How many calories are in Ben & Jerry’s Frozen Yogurt: _____________________

11. Which one has the least amount of calories?

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 1) Ben & Jerry’s Frozen Yogurt calories: ____________________

2) Chocolate Fudge ice-cream calories: ___________________

Which is less? _________________________________________

12. How many calories in 1 Twizzlers Cherry? ________________

13. If I eat 20 Twizzlers Cherry I need to figure 20

x _____________ calories

= ___________________

14. I’m deciding between a Snickers and 3 Oreo cookies.

Which one has less calories?____________________________

15. Which of all the “Desserts” has the highest number of calories?____________________________

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16. A banana is only a few calories less than 12 potato chips, but why else is it a healthier choice
than Ruffles Potato Chips? It is a serving from this food group: ____________________________.

17. Which has less Saturated Fat (the bad kind!) Almonds or Microwave Popcorn:

_______________________________________________

18. Do you feel you could now look at food labels to help you choose healthier foods?

Circle: Yes or N

MAIN MEALS:
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Costco Pizza: Costco Hot Dog:

Dairy Queen Chicken Strip Basket: Kraft Mac n’ Cheese:

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Chicken McGrill: Crispy Chicken

Creamy Caesar Dressing: Ranch:

BEVERAGES:
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Large Coke: Mountain Dew:

Large Chocolate Milkshake:

BREAKFAST:
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Jumbo Muffin (multiply Instant Oatmeal

everything by

3 if you eat it all!!)

4 slices of Bacon 1 Link Sausage

DESSERTS:
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Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Frozen Yogurt Ben and Jerry’s Double Chocolate Fudge Ice-
Cream

Hershey’s Cherry Twizzlers 3 Nabisco Oreo Cookies

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Mar’s Snicker Candy Bar

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SNACKS:

Banana Ruffles Potato Chips

Almonds Microwave Popcorn

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