© 2012 Fruition Horticulture There are a lot of different signs on the food we buy! Low GI Glycaemic Index ‘No added sugar’ ‘No added salt’ ‘Light’ or

© 2012 Fruition Horticulture

There are a lot of different signs on the food we buy!

Low GI

Glycaemic Index

‘No added sugar’

‘No added salt’

‘Light’ or ‘Lite’‘Sugar free’

‘Diet’‘Fat reduced’

‘Cholesterol free’

‘Salt reduced’

Food Labels

What do they mean?


First, look at the nutrition information Panel.

Finding information


Reading information


Reading information


Reading information


FatLook for products <10g fat/100g of which less than 2g is saturated fat

FibreLook for products > 5 g fibre/100g, aim for 30 -40 g of dietary fibre/day (adult)

SugarLook for products < 10g sugar/100g (if a cereal like muesli has healthy dried fruit and no added sugar then 20g sugar/100g is OK)

SaltLook for products with < 450 mg /100g

Choosing Healthy Food


To help the RSE worker(s) to:• Identify information on food labels and understand

what it means• Identify which products to choose to have a healthy

diet• Calculate serving sizes and nutritional content per

serve Activities:Test your food labelling knowledge. Take the quiz by clicking on the tick button below.

Learning Goals

http://www.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/4/9/12499365/food_labels_quiz.pdf

Documents

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