U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements             February 2002

Test Your Food Label Knowledge!

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Question 5 Labels

To stay healthy, you want to limit the TOTAL amount of saturated fat you eat during the day.

True or False? Any one of the following meals can be part of a healthy daily diet.

True False
Nutrition Facts label on a frozen cheese pizza listing percent Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet with the amount of saturated fat in one serving (one pizza) listed as 10g or 50% Daily Value. Nutrition Facts label on a box of macaroni and cheese listing percent Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet with the amount of saturated fat in one serving listed as 6g or 30% Daily Value. Nutrition Facts label on a frozen combo pizza listing percent Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet with the amount of saturated fat in one serving (one pizza) listed as 3.5g or 18% Daily Value.

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