conveys information about a food on its packaging

information about the nutritional content of a food, e.g. energy, fat, salt

in this context, a colour coded nutrition label that shows the amounts of energy and nutrients, e.g. low, medium and high

Food labels for health

Cooking and nutrition

Health and wellbeing

Making bean and plantain stew

In the unit pupils apply key healthy eating messages to their own and others' diets. They examine and use food labels to make healthier choices, and calculate the energy and nutrients provided by a recipe that they make.

Healthy eating in action

Food labels provide information which helps people to know ...

Which ingredient is in the largest amount in this chicken balti?

By law, any food {{}} must be highlighted on the ingredients list.

Nutrition information labels can help us to make healthier choices. For example, we can choose foods that are:

Here are the traffic lights for three bean burritos. Which is the healthiest choice?

True or false? Traffic lights on food labels can be used to compare different types of foods for the healthiest option.

What information will you always see on a food label?

Match the following healthy eating advice:

Carbohydrate, fat and protein are known as __________ nutrients.

Where should the following food be stored to be safe to eat?

Some people have a food {{}} to milk, peanuts and fish.

If we have foods high in fat, salt and sugars, we should have them __________ and __________ .

Starter Quiz

What information will you always see on a food label?