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

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  • mattnics
    mattnics Posts: 32 Member
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    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)
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,459 Member
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    calories, protein, fibre
  • valskeete
    valskeete Posts: 53 Member
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    Calories, carbs, serving size (and sodium <- less intake better food choices)
  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
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    Calories
    Protein
    Salt
  • chouflour
    chouflour Posts: 193 Member
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    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

  • sjohnson__1
    sjohnson__1 Posts: 405 Member
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    Macro nutrients per serving (carbs, protein, fat), serving size, followed by fiber.
  • JasonH_DFW
    JasonH_DFW Posts: 63 Member
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    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
  • RaspberryTickleChicken
    RaspberryTickleChicken Posts: 629 Member
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    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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