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Article: Food label makes good eating easier. (includes related article on health claims of food)(On the Teen Scene)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- September 1, 1995
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Tortilla chips. Chocolate pudding. Frozen yogurt. Allison Gilliam, 16, of Gaithersburg, Md., points out some of her favorite foods at her neighborhood grocery store.
Sliced turkey. Dried fruit. The list of items goes on. They're all delicious, and you might never guess that they're also all low in or without fat. Even the chocolate pudding!
It says so right on the food label, and Gilliam, a high-school junior, spots the information right away. A front-label fat claim draws her to the product, and she finds the Nutrition Facts panel on the side or back of the package with more complete information.
Gilliam uses the food label to help her control her fat ...