Food Labels!?

Question

Explain how the labeling system allows the consumer to compare the food's nuutritive value when the serving size is different?

Answer 1

Similar foods have similar if not exactly the same serving sizes. For example, one serving of milk is a cup and so is one serving of soy milk and one serving of rice milk. If you are comparing foods by nutrients per unit of weight, like 4 ounces, then you have to do the math. Divide the nutrient numbers by the number of ounces in one serving as it is indicated on the label. You will then have the nutrient value of one ounce of the food. Do the same for each food. Then you will have a clear per ounce nutrition instead of per serving nutrition. Now that wasn't so hard was it?

Answer 2

The label gives you a suggested serving size which includes the total calories, amount of fat, salt and other nutritional areas.

The label is there to help the person make an educated decision, especially if that person has a food allergy or other medical issue that could be exacerbated by consuming the wrong food or ingredient.

Smart you read label. You are one of only a few.

Answer 3

That makes me so mad that companies do that!!! Like for example...a can of Campbells regular tomato soup...(which by the way I would never consume for it has sugar, wheat and msg in it....yes, spice means msg) Anyways, I don't know the serving sizes, but I will give an example of how I figure it out.....

Serving size = 100ml
(Can size = 227 ml)
227 divided by 100 is 2.27....that means there would be 2.27 servings in the can.
Calories per serving....we will say 150
At 2.27 servings IN THE WHOLE CAN...you go 2.27x150=340calories....so here is where they trick you...you pick up the can and look and say oh cool, there is only 150 calories in here, not noticing that the serving size is like, half the can and so you eat the whole can thinking you are consuming only 150 cal....but you are eating 340 cal!!! It's a trick they use because people are more concious about this kind of thing.
This goes for all nutritional things
Protein = 2grams per serving, well, 2.27 servings, if you eat the whole can its about 4.5 g of protein. And so on

Hope that helps! I lost alot of weight avoiding things like this. I just don't eat things from bags or cans anymore....read my list of ingredients that I will never ever eat here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweeka.htm

Answer 4

I think it's funny the way they make the food labels to look like it's going to be better for you than it actually is. Hardly anyone eats what is considered one serving on any of the foods. They usually eat a lot more than a serving. Food labels are just messed up.

Answer 5

I guess its up to us to do that math if the serving size is diffrent.