Questions and Answers
How can consumers determine the amount of total fat and various types of fatty acids in a serving of a packaged food?
By reading the Nutrition Facts panel.
What is the minimum amount of a specific type of fat that must be present in a serving of food for it to be reported on the Nutrition Facts panel?
0.5 g
Which types of fatty acids are food manufacturers not required to indicate on the Nutrition Facts panel?
Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat
How can consumers identify the sources of fat in a packaged food product?
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What is the percentage of saturated fat in a serving of the food product shown in Figure 6.16?
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What information about lipids is required to be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel?
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Study Notes
Understanding Nutritional Labeling: Lipids
- The Nutrition Facts panel provides information on the amounts of total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol in a serving of a packaged food.
- The panel shows the number of grams of total fat, saturated fat, and trans fat in a serving, with the option to report amounts less than 0.5g as 0g.
- Consumers can determine the sources of fat in a product by reading the list of ingredients.
- Food manufacturers are not required to indicate amounts of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat in products.
- The amount of cholesterol in a serving of food must be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel.
- If a serving of food has no cholesterol, it will be listed as 0g.
Interpreting Nutrition Facts Panel
- A serving of food can have multiple sources of fat (e.g., oils, fats).
- Total fat content is shown in grams per serving.
- Saturated fat and trans fat contents are shown as a subset of total fat content.
- Cholesterol content is listed in milligrams per serving.
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Learn to read Nutrition Facts panels to determine fat content, including total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol, in packaged foods.
