Food Label Analysis

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🔍 Part 1: Reading Food Labels

1. What are the FIVE most important pieces of information you should look for on a food label?

a) _________________________

b) _________________________

c) _________________________

d) _________________________

e) _________________________

2. Circle the healthier choice in each pair:

Breakfast cereal: 15g sugar per 100g OR 3g sugar per 100g

Bread: 2g fibre per slice OR 6g fibre per slice

Snack bar: 20g fat per 100g OR 5g fat per 100g

3. True or False? Tick the correct answers:

Ingredients are listed from most to least amount

A serving size is always 100g

Foods high in fibre are generally healthier

Natural sugars and added sugars are the same on labels

4. What does it mean if sugar is listed as the first ingredient?

📊 Part 2: Analysing Your Food

5. Choose a packaged food item and complete this analysis:

Food item: _________________________

Serving size: _________________________

Sugar per 100g: _________________________

Fat per 100g: _________________________

Fibre per 100g: _________________________

First three ingredients:

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

6. Based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines, is this food a healthy choice? Explain your reasoning:

7. What are THREE changes you could make to your daily food choices to follow the Australian Dietary Guidelines better?

Change 1: _________________________________________________

Change 2: _________________________________________________

Change 3: _________________________________________________

8. How might the people around you (family, friends, advertisements) influence your food choices?

Food Label Analysis

Food Label Analysis

🔍 Part 1: Reading Food Labels

📊 Part 2: Analysing Your Food

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