Food Label Reading Exercise
Being able to read a food label will help you identify what nutrients are in foods, and hence work out if it is a good food for sport. This is an exercise that I have done with student groups and with athletes. You can provide them with some foods to analyse, or send them off into a supermarket to find particular foods and fill in the table below with answers.
What food group does it belong to?
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What are the first 3 ingredients?
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How many grams of carbohydrate does it have in one serve?
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How many grams of protein does it have in one serve?
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How many grams of fat does it have in a 100g serve?
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Which nutrient supplies the most energy?
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What other nutrients is this food a good source of?
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Is it a good recovery food?
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Does the food contain any claims?
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