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    What Top 3 Stats Do You Focus on When Reading Food Labels?

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    • Posts: 389 Member
      Cals per realistic serving
      (i'm big, and I am not going to split that bag of multigrain crisps 14 ways).

      Fat/Protein/Carb ratios....

      Fiber if it's a carb heavy product.
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      Protein/Fat/Carbs/price ratio
      Additives
    • Posts: 1,535 Member
      edited February 2015
      No matter if at mainentance, for me #1 is sodium. #2 is serving size. #3 any combination of protein/fat/calories depending on #1 & #2.

      (tho certain products I avoid altogether contain corn syrup only because usual competitor product have zero CS & I have a personal fettish to eating added CS)
    • Posts: 735 Member
      Ingredients, calories and serving size. I try not to eat processed foods, so if the ingredient list is long, I usually don't eat it.
    • Posts: 1,326 Member
      Calories, protein, then fibre :smile:
    • Posts: 82 Member
      Pronounceable ingredients, calories, price.
    • Posts: 27,732 Member
      1. Calories
      2. Protein
      3. Serving size
    • Posts: 429 Member
      1. Calories - less is more
      2. Protein - because more is better
      3. fiber - more consumed = healthy digestion & room for more foods :D
    • Posts: 2,604 Member
      Francl27 wrote: »
      Calories per serving
      Protein
      Fiber

      I'm not maintaining yet, but ditto to this.
    • Posts: 846 Member
      I make sure my meat wasn't injected with anything whatsoever. If I have a little money, I prefer grassfed, antibiotic, and hormone free, too.
    • Posts: 2,013 Member
      nxd10 wrote: »
      Calories PER SERVING
      sodium
      carbs
      In that order

      Lol (i know I'm eating it all)
      Calories PER ENTIRE package.
      Protein
      Trans fat

    • Posts: 53
      total fat
      sugars
      carbs
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      I dont generally buy this with labels, but ingredients, sugar and price when I do.
    • Posts: 73 Member
      Protein, sugar, and calories.
    • Posts: 2,228 Member
      pretty much just calories and serving size per package
    • Posts: 2,228 Member
      970Mikaela1 wrote: »
      show previous quotes

      Lol (i know I'm eating it all)
      Calories PER ENTIRE package.
      Protein
      Trans fat

      lol! right??
    • Posts: 914 Member
      Calories, Sodium, Protein
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Calories/Serving size
      Protein
      Fiber

      ... and sodium, but you only asked for three, so those are my top three. :)
    • Posts: 214 Member
      Ingredients
      Source
      calories
    • Posts: 11,118 Member
      protein, fiber, sugar
    • Posts: 32 Member
      Protein, calories, sodium (my diary was blowing up with sodium thanks to lots of salsa and jerky so need to keep an eye on it now)
    • Posts: 5,446 Member
      calories, protein, fibre
    • Posts: 53 Member
      Calories, carbs, serving size (and sodium <- less intake better food choices)
    • Posts: 985 Member
      Calories
      Protein
      Salt
    • Posts: 193 Member
      What I look at first depends on the type of food.

      Crispy dehydrated broccoli: fiber, serving size, calories per serving
      Plain yogurt: calories, fat, ingredients
      Flavored yogurt: carbs, ingredients, calories
      Marinated/prepared meats: Ingredients, protein/fat ratio
      Ice cream: carbs, fat, calories

    • Posts: 405 Member
      Macro nutrients per serving (carbs, protein, fat), serving size, followed by fiber.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      RaspberryTickleChicken wrote: »
      Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what top three items do most long-term maintainers hone in on (with food labels) when trying new things or tweaking current food repertoire?

      In order of priority, I look for:
      • Total Calories from Fat (esp. Sat or Trans Fat)
      • Sugar
      • Carbs vs Net Carbs

      In order:
      Cals
      Net carbs
      Fiber
    • Posts: 629 Member
      The Results:
      • Calories (70 Responses)
      • Protein (50 Responses)
      • Serving Size (23 Responses)
      • Sodium (18 Responses)
      • Carbs (17 Responses)
      • Fiber (16 Responses)
      • Fat (15 Responses)
      • Sugar (12 Responses)
      • Cost (7 Responses)

      My Amateur Analysis:
      • Calories was no surprise to be the most mentioned.
      • The # of respondents looking at protein & service size were a bit of a surprise but not totally unexpected.
      • I was happy to see that carbs was not the #1 which may indicate maintainers' broader understanding of the importance of carbs and the distancing from the concept of old that all carbs are the devil ;)


      DISCLAIMER:
      • Not scientific based on order of importance - these are just opinions of what maintainers look for
      • I only focused on the 1st three items listed in a post - so if there were a laundry list of items I picked the 1st three
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