How to read the Nutrition Facts

According to Administrative Provisions on Food Labeling， for each food， the ingredients must be informed because this is the consumers' right to know. When purchasing New Year's

Meat products

For example， for hams and sausages， we should pay close attention to the content of protein. Higher protein content indicates higher the nutrition. Higher carbohydrate content indicates more starch and sugar； more fat content indicates more fat meat， or more oil absorbed in when frying.

Biscuits

These are unhealthy food， so you have to pay attention to the energy and fat. You'd better eat less biscuits of high energy.

Powdered food

We should pay close attention to the content of protein and carbohydrates. For example， buying soybean milk powder and milk powder is certainly to supplement protein. Generally， when several types of soybean milk powder are put together， the one of the highest protein content is most worth buying.

Beverages

We should pay close attention to the energy and carbohydrates， because the two ingredients relate to the content of sugar. High sugar content indicates higher carbohydrate content of because the main source of carbohydrates in beverages is sugar. Sometimes it is thought that a beverage is very healthy because sugar content will be ignored if you do not read the Nutrition Facts. For example， carbohydrate content of a kind of imported pure grape juice is 16.5g/100g， higher than that of average sweet drinks， but because the pure grape juice is rich in organic acid which reduces people's perception of sweet， in fact， eating the sugar can make people gain weight. So the tongue sometimes will lie to you， data on Nutrition Facts is more reliable.