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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 At least ONE health claim
o nutrition facts
o list of ingredients
Your textbook
The handout/attached document: Nutrient Claims

1. Food item: Kind Bar

2. How many servings are in this package? 1

3. What is the measurement used for one serving? 40 grams

4. Do you think that this is an amount that most people would eat at one sitting?
Explain why or why not. Yes, because it is just one bar and most people take
one with them and eat the whole thing.

5. How many calories are provided in one serving of this food? 190

6. How many calories would be provided by consuming this entire product? (hint:
number of servings x calories per serving) 190

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

They advertise on the package that they have ingredients you can see! Also no
genetically engineered ingredients.

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

It was very easy to read the ingredients and get the information needed.

9. What health claim(s) are listed on this food package?

Gluten free, 0 trans fat, dairy free, very low sodium.

10. List the criteria for each of these claims:

These are all things that people should and need to look out for. It can effect
some peoples health dramatically.
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11. How much total fat is in one serving of this product? 12 grams

12. How much total fat would be provided by consuming this entire product?12
grams..

13. How much saturated fat is in one serving of this product? 5g

14. What percentage of total fat is from saturated fat in this product? 25%

15. How much trans-fat is listed on the Nutrition Facts label? 0 gram

If none, read the ingredient list carefully. What ingredients would you look for
that provide trans fat?
I did not see any that would.

16. How much cholesterol is in one serving of this food? 0 mg

17. What ingredient or ingredients provide cholesterol?

None in this product.

18. How much sugar is provided in one serving of this food? 12g

19. A person eating a 2000-calorie diet should consume no more than 32 grams
(g) of added sugar/day. How many grams of sugar would be provided by
consuming this entire product? 12g

20. Reading the ingredient list carefully, which ingredients provide the sugar in
this food? For each source of sugar, are they natural or added sugars?
Natural sugars.

21. How much fiber is in each serving of this food? 3g

22. 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
________________

23. What percentage of the total daily fiber requirement is provided by this
food? 12%

24. How much sodium does one serving of this food contain? 25mg

25. How much sodium would be provided by consuming this entire product?
25mg
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26. What percentage of your daily sodium allowance is found in this product?
1%

27. How much protein is provided in one serving of this food? 3g

28. By weight, which three ingredients does this food provide the most of?
Nuts, cocunt.
29. All foods must provide nutrition information for vitamin A, vitamin C,
calcium, and iron. Does this food item provide information for any other
vitamins and minerals? If yes, list the vitamins & minerals.
Yes, Calcium 4%, vit E 15%, magnesium 10%, manganese 15%.

30. Do you think that this is a healthful food choice? Explain your answer below:
I think that this is a healthy choice for an afternoon snack. It does not seem like
they are trying to hide anything and from what I have taken from class it is not
full of the junk that some other snacks have.