Is This Product a Good Food Choice - Ms. Kay's Health Class



Is This Product a Good Food Choice?

Examine the food label to decide whether the items you have been given are healthy food choices. Remember to use the “5 and 20” rule. Nutrients that we should limit in our diet (saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium) should be close to 5% or less, and those we should have enough of (fiber) should be close to 20% or more. Vitamins and Minerals are bonus nutrients and should not be a main factor in determining the healthiness of a particular food.

Product Name _________________________________________________

For each of the nutrients below, write it’s percentage of the daily value in the blank, then circle whether that makes this food choice good, bad or okay.

Fat _________% good bad okay

Cholesterol _________% good bad okay

Sodium _________% good bad okay

Fiber _________% good bad okay

Vitamins _________% good bad okay

(choose the vitamin with the highest %)

Minerals _________% good bad okay

(choose the mineral with the highest %)

Sugar _________grams good bad okay

After analyzing your label, write your findings below by completing the appropriate starter sentence.

This product would be a “good” food choice because it is:

low in:_______________________________________________________________

and high in: ___________________________________________________________

This product would be a “bad” food choice because it is:

low in:_______________________________________________________________

and high in: ___________________________________________________________

People suffering with what type of illness might want to avoid this product? Why?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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