Nutrition Labels Essay

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Nutrition labels inform consumers about the nutritional elements and facts of a particular product, including information such as the serving size, calories, calories from fat, total fat, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, sugar, and protein. These labels are important as they are a guide to a healthy diet, demonstrating the amounts of nutrients within the items in order to assist one in making healthy diet choices. Also, the nutrition labels of products are essential in order to compare the nutrients found in different products, such as different brands of ice cream or bread, in order to choose which the healthiest product for one’s diet is. One such example of this type of comparison of nutrients is between regular eggs and an …show more content…

On the other hand, the Egg Beaters liquid egg substitute contains in the serving size of one cup; 134 calories, zero of which are from fat, 431 mg of sodium, 1.6 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 1.6 grams of sugar, and 30.1 grams of protein. According to these facts from the nutrition labels of these products, it appears that although the egg substitute does contain lower doses of fat and even more grams of protein, the regular eggs seems healthier with lower traces of sodium, total carbohydrates, and sugar. There are significant differences between diet soda and regular soda, as demonstrated through the comparison of nutrition labels of these products. Each of these comparisons are done with a …show more content…

Welch’s has many different flavors of fruit juice products, many of which have similar nutrition facts according to the labels of these products. First is the Welch’s Concord grape fruit juice, a product with a serving size of 8 fluid ounces, and in each serving there are 150 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of fat, 20 mg of sodium, 37 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 36 grams of sugar, and finally 0 grams of protein. In the Welch’s product strawberry peach fruit juice, also with a serving size of 8 fluid ounces, there are 140 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of fat, 20 mg of sodium, 34 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 33 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein. Finally, the Welch’s passion fruit juice, with a serving size of 8 fluid ounces, contains 140 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of fat, 20 mg of sodium, 36 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 35 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein. These products all seem to have the same highest nutrient of sugar, making these drinks most likely alright for most people to drink but possibly not a healthy choice for people avoiding sugar, such as

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