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The science of nutrition and healthy eating
The science of nutrition and healthy eating

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1 What is in my food?

Manufacturers must list the ingredients for a food or drink product if it has two or more ingredients. These must be listed in order of weight, with the main ingredient first. If water has been added, that also appears in the ingredient list.

You will see that a percentage value is sometimes given for some ingredients in the list (Figure 1). Look at a few food packages and see if you can find any examples of this.

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Figure _unit5.1.1 Figure 1 Back label on packaged food, showing percentages

Activity _unit5.1.1 Activity 1 UK labelling rules

Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes.

What rules do you think lead manufacturers to include the percentage value for a particular ingredient?

Write one or two sentences in the box below. Click ‘Save’ when you are satisfied with what you have written.

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