Read the Food Label

Food labels tell you the nutritional content of food. You can use the Nutrition Facts tab to compare two different items to choose a healthy option

To compare food choices, use the Nutrition Info tab. The above example shows two soup options. The nutrition label indicates that the sodium content of the reduced salt vegetable soup is lower than the original vegetable soup - in this case it is half. As long as the size is the same, this makes the sodium-reduced vegetable soup a more healthy choice

Food nutrition labeling helps make informed choices about the food we eat. Therefore, when purchasing junk or processed foods, please open the food label and read it, paying attention to the number of calories (mainly empty calories) of the food. In fact, we are deceived to trust the food we eat. The first step to reading a food label is your calorie. Calories are essential to fuel our body, as we need gasoline / diesel to run a car. For example, one gram of fat in our diet supplies 9 kilocalories of energy, but the same amount of protein / carbohydrate supplies only 4 kilocalories of energy. Every food we eat is also important. That is because we determine the amount of energy we consume from food. Therefore, please check the size and copy number (grams) of the full pack of food packaging.

FDA's food label is printed on most packaged foods. Food labels are an easy way to find calories and nutrients in a certain amount of food. For example, when you read the food label, you can see that it contains calories, fat, protein, sodium and other ingredients. Many packaged foods contain multiple foods. The renewed food label is easier to see because the number of calories is displayed with a larger print than before. The latest food label also includes information on "adding sugar". Sugars added include sugar or sucrose including beet and sugarcane; corn syrup; honey; maltose syrup; and other sweeteners added to foods and beverages such as sugar or glucose. Fruits and milk contain natural sugar, and the label does not contain sugar. The American dietary guidelines from 2015 to 2020 require that sugar consumption per day is less than 10%.