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Food Labels

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Food Labels - Nutritional Information per 100g

Food labels show the nutritional information per 100g of food.

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Fats

  • A food is high in fat if it has more than 17.5g of fat per 100g of food.
  • A food is low in fat if it has less than 3g of fat per 100g of food.
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Saturated fat

  • A food is high in saturated fat if it has more than 5g of saturated fat per 100g of food.
  • A food is low in saturated fat if it has less than 1.5g of fat per 100g of food.
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Sugar

  • A food is high in sugar if it has more than 22.5g of sugar per 100g of food.
  • A food is low in sugar if it has less than 5g of sugar per 100g of food.
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Salts

  • A food is high in salt if it has more than 1.5g of salt per 100g of food.
  • A food is low in salt if it has less than 0.3g of salt per 100g of food.

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