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    This document provides instructions for how to use serving size and percent daily value information listed on food nutrition labels. It explains that the serving size is listed first and provides the basis for the nutritional information. It then describes how percent daily values can indicate if a serving contains a little or a lot of a nutrient. It also advises choosing foods that have more of nutrients you want to increase and less of those you want to decrease. Finally, it demonstrates how to compare nutrition information between two similar food products and how to adjust values based on the actual amount consumed.

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    This document provides instructions for how to use serving size and percent daily value information listed on food nutrition labels. It explains that the serving size is listed first and provides the basis for the nutritional information. It then describes how percent daily values can indicate if a serving contains a little or a lot of a nutrient. It also advises choosing foods that have more of nutrients you want to increase and less of those you want to decrease. Finally, it demonstrates how to compare nutrition information between two similar food products and how to adjust values based on the actual amount consumed.

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    This document provides instructions for how to use serving size and percent daily value information listed on food nutrition labels. It explains that the serving size is listed first and provides the basis for the nutritional information. It then describes how percent daily values can indicate if a serving contains a little or a lot of a nutrient. It also advises choosing foods that have more of nutrients you want to increase and less of those you want to decrease. Finally, it demonstrates how to compare nutrition information between two similar food products and how to adjust values based on the actual amount consumed.

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    Serving Size Fact Sheet Portion Fiche Dinformation Eng

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    This document provides instructions for how to use serving size and percent daily value information listed on food nutrition labels. It explains that the serving size is listed first and provides the basis for the nutritional information. It then describes how percent daily values can indicate if a serving contains a little or a lot of a nutrient. It also advises choosing foods that have more of nutrients you want to increase and less of those you want to decrease. Finally, it demonstrates how to compare nutrition information between two similar food products and how to adjust values based on the actual amount consumed.

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    Focus Facts on

    the
    How to use Serving Size and % Daily Value

    START with Serving Size


    1
    You can nd the Serving Size under the
    header Nutrition Facts.
    Information in the Nutrition Facts table
    is based on this quantity of food.

    USE % Daily Value

    % 2
    You can nd the % Daily Value on the
    right side of the Nutrition Facts table.
    Use the % Daily Value to see if the Serving
    Size has a little or a lot of a nutrient.

    LOOK at a Nutrient
    5-15% 3 Choose packaged food that has more of the
    nutrients you want and less of the nutrients
    you dont want.

    MAKE an informed food choice

    When making an informed food choice


    here are some nutrients you may want

    a little of a lot of
    Saturated Fibre
    and trans fats Vitamin A
    5% Daily Value or less is a little Sodium Calcium
    15% Daily Value or more is a lot Iron

    This applies to all nutrients with a % Daily Value


    Focus Facts on
    the

    SOUP A SOUP B
    Comparing two packaged
    food products.
    Start with Serving Size
    1 For Soup A and Soup B it is 1 cup (250 mL).

    Use the % Daily Value to see if the


    % 2 Serving Size has a little or a lot of a nutrient.

    5-15% 3 Look at a Nutrient

    In this example, Soup A has a little saturated and


    trans fat and a lot of bre and vitamin A compared
    to Soup B.

    Comparing the Serving Size on the


    Nutrition Facts table to the amount you eat.
    Start with Serving Size
    1 On this product it is 4 crackers (20 g).

    Use the % Daily Value to see if the


    % 2 Serving Size has a little or a lot of a nutrient.

    5-15% 3 Look at a Nutrient

    Think about how the information relates to the amount you eat.

    If you eat 2 crackers, If you eat 4 crackers, If you eat 8 crackers,


    divide the calories and use the information on double the calories and
    % Daily Value information the Nutrition Facts table % Daily Value information
    in half to know how to know how many to know how much of
    much of each nutrient calories and how much each nutrient is in that
    is in that Serving Size. of each nutrient is in Serving Size.
    that Serving Size.

    Learn more at Canada.ca/NutritionFacts


    PRINT Cat.: H164-186/2015E PDF Cat.: H164-186/2015E-PDF Pub.: 150015
    ISBN: 978-0-660-02116-4 ISBN: 978-0-660-02115-7

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