# Reading food labels

> Grade 7: calories and energy, sugar, salt and fat, traffic-light labels, ingredients listed by amount, best before and use by.

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- Subject: General knowledge
- Level: Grade 7
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which unit is most often used on food labels to show the energy in food? (Kilocalories (kcal) / Kilograms (kg) / Kilometres (km) / Kilowatts (kW))
   Answer: Kilocalories (kcal)
2. A snack has 200 kcal per 100 g. How many kcal are in a 50 g portion? (100 kcal / 150 kcal / 400 kcal / 50 kcal)
   Answer: 100 kcal
3. Energy values on a label tell you how much energy your body can get from the food.
   Answer: True
4. Eating a lot of which nutrient is most linked to tooth decay? (Calcium / Fibre / Sugar / Water)
   Answer: Sugar
5. Salt on a label is often listed because too much of it can raise what? (Blood pressure / Body height / Eyesight / Hair growth)
   Answer: Blood pressure
6. A label says 100 g of cereal has 20 g of sugar. What percentage of the cereal is sugar?
   Answer: 20%
7. On a traffic-light label, which colour means the food is high in that nutrient? (Blue / Green / Red / White)
   Answer: Red
8. A food has a green light for fat. What does this tell you? (It contains no nutrients / It has no energy / It is high in fat / It is low in fat)
   Answer: It is low in fat
9. A traffic-light label means a food with any red light must never be eaten.
   Answer: False
10. Which traffic-light colour sits between green and red?
   Answer: Amber (orange/yellow)
11. In an ingredients list, the first item is the ingredient with which amount? (An equal amount / The greatest amount / The healthiest amount / The smallest amount)
   Answer: The greatest amount
12. A jam's ingredients start with fruit, then sugar. What does this order show? (Equal amounts of both / More fruit than sugar / More sugar than fruit / The sugar is healthier)
   Answer: More fruit than sugar
13. Which date tells you the food is no longer safe to eat after it has passed? (Best before / Display until / Made on / Use by)
   Answer: Use by
14. Food past its best before date is always dangerous to eat straight away.
   Answer: False
15. Which date label is about food quality rather than safety?
   Answer: Best before
16. Fresh raw chicken would most likely carry which kind of date? (Best before / Cooked on / Made on / Use by)
   Answer: Use by