📚 Part 1: Understanding Food Labels

1. What is the most important section to check first on a food label?

Ingredients list

Nutrition Information Panel

Brand name

Price

2. Ingredients are listed in order of:

Alphabetical order

Weight - heaviest to lightest

Weight - lightest to heaviest

Nutritional value

3. Which of these would you find on a Nutrition Information Panel? (Check all that apply)

Energy (kilojoules)

Protein

Expiry date

Sodium

Sugar

4. A serving size is important because:

It tells you how much of the product you should eat

All nutrition information is based on this amount

It determines the price

It shows the expiry date

✏️ Part 2: Reading Labels Practice

5. If a cereal box says "Per 30g serving: Energy 450kJ, Sugar 8g" and you eat 60g, how much sugar have you consumed?

Answer: _______ grams of sugar

6. Look at this ingredients list: "Wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla flavouring"

What is the main ingredient? _________________

What ingredient is there the least of? _________________

7. Explain why it's important to read food labels before buying or eating food:

8. Name three things you should look for when choosing healthy snack foods:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

🔍 Part 3: Label Detective

9. Find a food package at home and complete this information:

Product name: _________________________

Serving size: __________________________

Energy per serving: ____________________

First three ingredients: _________________

______________________________________

10. Based on the label you found, would you consider this food healthy or unhealthy? Explain your reasoning:

Food Label Reading

Food Label Reading

📚 Part 1: Understanding Food Labels

✏️ Part 2: Reading Labels Practice

🔍 Part 3: Label Detective

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