The "Matter" on Labels

Objectives:

In this activity, you should be able to:

1. name elements that are listed in the Nutrition Facts of a food label

2. recognize that the elements listed in the Nutrition Facts are not added as the elements themselves.

3. infer that the food ingredient could be the source of those listed elements; and 4. recognize the most of these food ingredients are examples of compounds

Materials:

food labels

Procedure

1. Refer to the labels of different food products below.​