Abstract: . . .  most companies are required to have a Nutrition Facts table on their food products. To help you better understand the new food label, Health Canada has created a tool called the Interactive Nutrition Label. By exploring our new interactive tool, you can learn how to use nutrition information to make more informed choices about the foods you buy. Crackers 1) Nutrition Facts Table 2) Specific Amount of Food 3) % Daily Value . . .
. . .  source of information for people who want to avoid certain ingredients or verify the presence of an ingredient in a food. Sugars in food The list of ingredients helps to identify sources of certain nutrients such as sugars. The Nutrition Facts table gives the content of sugars from all sources (naturally occurring sugars and added sugars, if any). To find out if sugars have been added, you need to look at the ingredient list. Examples of sugars include: corn syrup, . . .
. . .  Interactive Nutrition Label: Get the Facts You may have noticed that there is nutrition information on many food packages in the grocery store. Canada introduced a new system for providing nutrition information on food labels in 2003. These new regulations . . .
. . .  the risk of heart disease; • a healthy diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D, and regular physical activity, help to achieve strong bones and may reduce the risk of osteoporosis; • a healthy diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruit may help reduce the risk of some types of cancer; and • a healthy diet containing foods high in potassium and low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure, a risk factor for stroke and heart disease. . . .
. . .  identify sources of certain nutrients such as sugars. The Nutrition Facts table gives the content of sugars from all sources (naturally occurring sugars and added sugars, if any). To find out if sugars have been added, you need to look at the ingredient list. Examples of sugars include: corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, malt syrup, invert sugar and concentrated fruit juice.  . . .
. . .  information for people who want to avoid certain ingredients or verify the presence of an ingredient in a food. Sugars in food The list of ingredients helps to identify sources of certain nutrients such as sugars. The Nutrition Facts table gives the content of sugars from all sources (naturally occurring sugars and added sugars, if any). To find out if sugars have been added, you need to look at the ingredient list. Examples of sugars include: corn syrup, dextrose, . . .
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