Reading a Food Label · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

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Design & Technology · Food & Cooking · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Sugar sits first in the ingredient list. What does that mean?

    • Sugar is rarest in the food
    • Sugar is the main ingredient
    • Sugar adds no taste

  2. Where do you look first on a nutrition panel?

    • The serving size at the top
    • The brightest promise on the front
    • The barcode at the back

  3. The front of a packet always tells the full health story.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A snack lists 10 grams of fat in one serving. Each gram of fat holds 9 calories. Type the fat calories.

    Answer: ______________

  5. Two packs claim healthy but use different serving sizes. How do you compare fairly?

    • Trust the fronts of the packs
    • Use the portion lines as printed
    • Use the per 100 grams column

  6. Who most needs the allergen lines on a packet?

    • Only the shop owner
    • Anyone with a food allergy
    • Only the cook at home

  7. A drink lists maize syrup in its ingredients. A friend on a no HFCS pledge drinks it freely. What do you say?

    • Maize syrup is another name for HFCS, so skip it
    • Syrups never count as sweeteners
    • Only cans, not bottles, count

  8. A bar shouts low sugar per portion, yet per 100 grams it beats its rival. What is the trick?

    • The rival lied about grams
    • Sugar vanished in small packs
    • A tiny serving shrank the printed number
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Answer key

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  1. Sugar is the main ingredient · Ingredients run by amount, so first means most.
  2. The serving size at the top · Every number below counts for one serving only.
  3. False · Big front promises hide behind small back numbers. Turn it over.
  4. 90 · Ten times nine is 90, so the fat brings 90 calories.
  5. Use the per 100 grams column · Per 100 grams measures both the same way.
  6. Anyone with a food allergy · Allergen lines warn exactly the people they could harm.
  7. Maize syrup is another name for HFCS, so skip it · HFCS hides under names like maize syrup and glucose syrup.
  8. A tiny serving shrank the printed number · Small servings flatter. The 100 gram column tells the truth.
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