Learn the Food Label Lingo
The wording on food labels can be confusing if you don’t know what it means…and helpful if you do! Foods labeled “free” have the least amount of the nutrient. For instance, “fat free” means only trace amounts of fat are present in the food. “Very low” and “low” have small amounts of the nutrient value. “Reduced” means the food has 25 percent less of that nutrient than the standard version. Beware, though—everything’s relative. If, say, a muffin originally had 50 grams of fat, then the “reduced fat” version still has 35 grams of fat—your total daily requirement of fat!
Source: Food and Drug Administration
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If we do not have the proper
Posted by Toniahale (not verified) | Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:00pm
If we do not have the proper knowledge of the labeling it may misled us. there is not much difference on what it says and the actually it means.
I appreciate how many food
Posted by ltownsend | Sun, 01/09/2011 - 10:53pm
I appreciate how many food items now have a snapshot of nutrition information on the front of the package. While it's helpful to see the fat and calorie content quickly, I think it's important to always read the entire label on the side of the package. So many items have high levels of sodium that you need to watch out for!