Do you know how to read a food label? Food labels provide important information about the nutritional value of foods. In this instructional activity students will learn about food labels, healthful eating, nutrition facts, and units of...

An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.

In order to plan a healthy diet, students must know how to read a food label. Food labels show that a food has a little or a lot of certain nutrients. Look on the side of a product to find the Nutrition Facts title, which is fully...

Use this interactive activity to locate specific information on food nutrition labels to assemble a menu that is appropriate and safe for all of your dinner guests.

This article explains the "specific functions" of individual nutrients and explains what one should look for while examining food labels.

Use this interactive activity to navigate the virtual store, reading labels and selecting items from the appropriate grocery aisles.

This association helps its members with a wide range of farming issues. They help with food safety, environmental protection, marketing, labor, pest management and communications. Check out this site for basic produce grower information.

Through these lesson plans, investigate the different types of fat found in food and found in the human body. Discuss the functions and problems associated with dietary fat and make wise food choices based on what you learn about fat,...

Article describing how listeria cases and outbreaks prompted the USDA to issue warning labels on certain foods. Foods highlighted include hot dogs and lunch meats. Gives details on cases and prevention steps.

Learn the French of everyday objects using these "Label Me" printouts for everything from colors to clothes, from the life cycle of a butterfly to the rooms in a house.

Many medicines come in bottles with special child-proof caps so that small children can't accidentally open the bottle and eat the pills. To a small child who can't read the label, the pills might look just like candy. This project helps...

Explore the government regulations, marketing and sales of herbal remedies designated as "dietary supplements" by the Food and Drug Administration. Analyze the labels of various brands of Echinacea for discrepancies in dosage and usage...

In this Cyberchase video, Bianca and her friend go camping and soon realize that Bianca has left the food at home. They find a vending machine in the woods, but it doesn't dispense the food that corresponds with the numbers Bianca...