Food Allergies Support Group

I just typed into google "how to read a food label" and a bunch of sites came up. Here are the first three:

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/fn...

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/ho...


I have always been a label reader. For your basic salt example, first you need to see how many chips are in a serving size. Then you look down the list and find out how much salt is in a portion. My kids are currently on a Doritos kick, so I have a few bags on hand. Our bag of cool ranch states that a serving size is 1 ounce or about 12 chips. The sodium is 170 mg and 7% of the recommended daily intake. So, if they eat 24 chips, their sodium intake will be 340 mg or 14% of their daily allowance.


Hope this helps,

Robin

Thanks this helps out alot. I have to keep my soduim intake under 1,000mg a day so if im not carefull i can easyly go over real quick. I love doritos and cream cheese and cheese and these are high in salt.Thank you for the example that helps me out.I have to make my food from scratch.I did find a baking powder with no salt and found a site that has pickles with no salt.It's hard when you have to be careful with you sodium intake.Once again thank's

You're welcome!

Watching your salt intake takes practice. There are alot of products out there that are low in sodium though. That helps. My husband and I both watch our salt intake. OK, I watch both our salt intake :). Try to steer clear of processed and prepackaged foods. Watch your table salt usage. It becomes second nature when you get used to it.