Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Trans Fat, Blood Sugar

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

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The serving size is important because it puts into context how many nutrients are in a certain amount of food. For example, on a can of pop it may say 250 calories and 34g of sugar per. After seeing that, the person reading the label now knows that if they drink the whole can they will be consuming 500 calories and 68g of sugar. When applicable, the best before date states the last day/month that the food should be consumed. This is important because the food could potentially become harmful after the best before date. For example, consuming milk or meat after the expiry date could be very da(cid:374)gerous to a perso(cid:374)"s health, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the date is o(cid:374) the pa(cid:272)kage, the person knows to throw it out to avoid potentially being sick. Name and contact info of manufacturer, packer, and distributor.