Using the Nutrition Facts panel to determine whether your food is "nutritious" or not. It is nutritious if it gives you enough fiber without having too much fat, saturated fat or sodium. Compare the number you calculate next to the and the numbers next to the in the chart. The more the fat and sodium are below the calorie number the better the food. The higher the fiber is above the percent calories the better.
Calories per serving :
Divide by 20:
This calcualtion gives you the percent of daily requirements of calories in a serving of your food.
Write down the values of % of daily values from your label in the boxes below.
Compare the number you calculated above to the numbers you wrote in the second column below.
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