Title: Evaluate a food label.
Course: Introduction to Culinary Arts (16051-36) > Section: Exploring Basic Nutrition

Evaluation should include

- explaining nutritional information found on food labels
- identifying micro- and macronutrients
- considering USDA daily requirements per serving
- identifying nutritional needs that are not met by the product
- comparing the nutritional value of similar products.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the importance of evaluating a food label in terms of nutrients, daily requirements, ingredients, nutritional needs, and nutritional values?
- What factors would influence evaluating a food label?
- What nutrients must appear on food labels?

Communication

- How can technology help evaluate a food label?
- Why is it important to be able to understand a food label?

Leadership

- How can food service operations use the information from food labels to meet customer needs?

Management

- Why should management be knowledgeable about food label information?
- Whose responsibility is it to read and evaluate food labels for food choices?
- Where can management find food label information if it isn’t posted on packaging?

Teacher Resource:

How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label, USDA