The order in which ingredients are listed indicates their proportions in the food. Discuss food labels. Interpreting Food Labels Use the questions on the student page to stimulate class discussion. Students analyze labels. Have students collect a variety of food labels for the next session.
Students arrange the food labels they collected on a piece of poster board or construction paper.
Have students arrange the labels in order from most healthful to least healthful based on the nutrition information. Reflect, summarize, discuss. Students present their posters to the class. Discuss student findings. Students write summaries explaining why they ordered the labels as they did.