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Crackers

Learn how to cut fat from your diet with Nutrition Facts labels as part of the Right Bite: Setting the Table for Healthy Eating series. Adults and teens will discover fun ways to make tasty changes to their diet and easy changes to their physical activity.

Read and compare labels.

[Note: First label is a regular cracker and second label is a wheat cracker.]

 

Nutrition Facts – Regular Cracker

About 24 servings per container
Serving size
5 crackers (16g)

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Amount per serving
Calories80

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4.5g

6%

  • Saturated Fat 1g

5%

  • Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 130mg

6%

Total Carbohydrate 10g

4%

  • Dietary Fiber 0g

0%

  • Total Sugars 1g
  • Includes 1g Added Sugars

2%

Protein Less than 1g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

0%

Vitamin D 0mg

0%

Calcium 20mg

0%

Iron 0.5mg

2%

Potassium 10mg

0%

 

Nutrition Facts – Wheat Cracker

About 24 servings per container
Serving size
5 crackers (16g)

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Amount per serving
Calories70

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 2.5g

3%

  • Saturated Fat 0.5g

3%

  • Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 120mg

5%

Total Carbohydrate 10g

4%

  • Dietary Fiber less than 1g

3%

  • Total Sugars 2g
  • Includes 2g Added Sugars

4%

Protein 1g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

0%

Vitamin D 0mg

0%

Calcium 20mg

0%

Iron 0.5mg

2%

Potassium 30mg

0%

 


Peer ReviewHelen Jones, Shonda Miller, Elaine Softley, and Marilyn Agee, all Regional Extension Agents, Human Nutrition, Diet, and Health, Auburn University

New June 2021, Right Bite: Nutrition Facts Labels, FCS-2533

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