Smart Shopping:
Getting the Most for Your Food Dollar
READ FOOD LABELS FOR HEALTHY
EATING
- Read food labels to help you plan healthy meals.
- Food labels give lots of information like serving size, calories, and amount of fat in a serving.
- Look on the front of the package for facts like "high fiber."
- Look at the "Nutrition Facts" on the side or the back of the package to learn about nutritional values.
- Food values like "calories" are for the serving size printed on the label.
- Look at the ingredient list to learn what is in the food.
Prepared by Shirley Camp, Extension Educator, Nutrition &
Wellness
Fact Sheet 7
1997
Consumer and
Family Economics
Department of Agricultural and
Consumer Economics
University
of Illinois Extension
University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign