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Reading Nutrition Labels

Use the made-up New Zealand food labels below to answer the questions. Compare like with like: use the per 100 g column when comparing products, and check how many servings you actually eat.

Snack packs: read the panel

All values are fictional examples. A pack contains 2 servings.

Nutrient

Crunchy Oat Bites — per 100 g

Fruit & Seed Squares — per 100 g

Energy

1,600 kJ

1,450 kJ

Protein

8 g

10 g

Fat, total

12 g

9 g

— saturated

4 g

2 g

Carbohydrate

65 g

62 g

— sugars

24 g

14 g

Fibre

5 g

8 g

Sodium

360 mg

220 mg

Decode the details

Work with the snack labels. Show calculations where asked.

1.Why is it useful to compare the values per 100 g rather than comparing serving amounts that might be different?

2.A serving of Crunchy Oat Bites is 30 g. Using its per 100 g label, calculate the energy in one serving.

3.One whole Crunchy Oat Bites pack contains two 30 g servings. How much sugar is in the whole pack?

4.Which snack has less saturated fat per 100 g, and how many grams less?

5.True or false: the line “of which sugars” is already included in the carbohydrate total, so you should not add it again when finding total carbohydrate.

TrueFalse

6.Which snack provides more fibre per 100 g, and what is the difference?

7.A friend says, “The snack with the lowest energy must be the best choice.” Use at least two details from the labels to explain why that is not enough information.

Label-reading mission

At the supermarket, Finn compares two similar foods. Practise making a balanced decision rather than relying on a single number.

8.Finn wants a snack with more fibre and less sodium. Which of these two snacks better matches both goals? Give the label values that support your choice.

9.Which nutrient helps build and repair body tissues? Name it from the labels and state which snack has more of it per 100 g.

10.Write a two-step label-check you could use when choosing a packaged snack. Include one way to compare products and one question about the amount you plan to eat.