Sunshine Salad Pennsylvania Academic Standards: Health, Safety, and Physical Education 10.2.3B Before you recycle the yogurt container from your Sunshine Salad, take a moment and look at the Nutrition Facts on the food label. Have you ever stopped to read all of the information given on your food? If you haven't, give it a try and here are a few tips on reading the food label. Categories on a Food Label: Nutrition Facts - This section tells you the serving size and how many servings are in the package. If the servings per container were 1, you would have to eat all of the food in the package to get the amounts of the nutrients listed. Amount per servings - This section tells you the number of calories in the serving and the number of calories from fat. % Daily Value - The % Daily Value column tells you how much of the daily recommended amount of a nutrient this food contributed to a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on how many calories you need. Total Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbohydrate, Protein, Vitamins and Minerals - The nutrients listed are those most important to the health of the average American. You should try to eat 100% or your carbohydrate, fiber, vitamin and mineral values in one day, over several meals. Experiment adapted from: The Science Chef By Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond, copyright date 1995, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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