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Food Label Assignment

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HED 120: Food Labels
What are Food Labels?
Food Labels are the “best source of consumer information”. 90% of ALL processed and
packaged foods must have a “consumer friendly” label. The new nutrition label (1994)
features more consistent serving sizes and must include the following dietary
components:
Total calories
Total fat content
Cholesterol
Fat grams
Sodium
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Calories
Amount of saturated fats
Protein grams
Carbohydrate grams
Dietary fiber
Iron
Calcium
The food exempt from food labeling regulations are those with no appreciable amount of
nutrients OR whose content varies from batch to batch, such as:
Deli and bakery items
Plain and unflavored teas and coffees
Various spices and flavorings
Food sold in restaurants
Labels are “voluntary” for fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, poultry, or fish
The nutrition label (chart) must display serving size, nutrients per serving and % of
daily values. The nutrition information applies to one serving; if you ate two servings,
you consumed twice the amount of calories and other nutrients listed on the label.

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Your Task
Step 1
Collect 5 food labels and write the name of the food item AND the serving size of each below.
Keep THESE labels in order throughout this assignment so you do not have to continue writing
label name.
1. Food Item: Snack Pack Butterscotch Pudding Jello Serving Size: 1 Pudding Cup: 92g
2. Food Item: Grace Mackerel in Brine Serving Size: ¼ cup (64g) drained
3. Food Item: Valrico Creamy Peanut Butter Serving Size: 2 Tbsp: 32g
4. Food Item: Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk Serving Size: 100g
5. Food Item: Libby’s Chicken Vienna Sausage Serving Size: 1 can (360g)
Step 2
List the first 4 ingredients from each of your labels.
1. Ingredients: Water, Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch
2. Ingredients: Mackerel (fish), water and salt. (Only three ingredients listed)
3. Ingredients: Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Hydrogenated Soybeans Oil and Salt
4. Ingredients: Water, Fresh Milk, Lactose (from milk), Sodium phosphate dibasic (acidity
regulator)
5. Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, chicken broth, water, salt (less than 2%)
Step 3
Do any of your food labels contain any special health “WARNINGS?”
(i.e. contains Phenylalanine)? List what they may be. If there are no warnings, write “None”.
1. Warning: None
2. Warning: None
3. Warning: None
4. Warning: None
Did You Know?
The ingredient list on packaged food gives an overview of the recipe with the ingredients
listed from most to least. Food manufacturers must list all ingredients in descending order
by weight.

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Name: Date: HED 120: Food Labels What are Food Labels? Food Labels are the “best source of consumer information”. 90% of ALL processed and packaged foods must have a “consumer friendly” label. The new nutrition label (1994) features more consistent serving sizes and must include the following dietary components: ● Total calories ● Calories ● Total fat content ● Amount of saturated fats ● Cholesterol ● Protein grams ● Fat grams ● Carbohydrate grams ● Sodium ● Dietary fiber ● Vitamin A ● Iron ● Vitamin C ● Calcium The food exempt from food labeling regulations are those with no appreciable amount of nutrients OR whose content varies from batch to batch, such as: ● ● ● ● ● Deli and bakery items Plain and unflavored teas and coffees Various spices and flavorings Food sold in restaurants Labels are “voluntary” for fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, poultry, or fish The nutrition label (chart) must display serving size, nutrients per serving and % of daily values. The nutrition information applies to one serving; if you ate two servings, you consumed twice the amount of calories and other nutrients listed on the label. Your Task Step 1 Collect 5 food labels and write the name of the food item AND the serving size of each below. Keep THESE labels in order throughout this assignment so you do not have to continue writing label name. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Food Item: Snack Pack Butterscotch Pudding Jello Food Item: Grace Mackerel i ...
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