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When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?

The food industry has our heads spinning! It seems that every few years, there is another nutrition fact that we need to consider when choosing foods to eat.

What do you look for on the nutrition label when you pick up a food product? Does it change depending on whether you are buying it for yourself or for your children?

We want to know what you think!

Fat Content (28.5%)

Calories (31.6%)

Transfats (11.3%)

Sodium (7.8%)

Carbohydrates (9.6%)

Fiber (4.2%)

Protein (2.4%)

Other (4.7%)

When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?
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  • motherof3 By motherof3
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I look at a combination of things, fat, fiber, organic, sodium and red dye 40. If the item is going to school then no peanuts.

  • superdee9 By superdee9
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I get nasty migraines from MSG which is in a lot of prepackaged products so I check them all.

  • oh_nerdy By oh_nerdy
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I always look at ingredients first for whole wheat, flax, and no corn syrups or high fructose levels, then nutritional info first like calcium, iron, fiber, protien first, then calories :)

  • tbwexler By tbwexler
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    Calories I guess I'm just old school once a calorie counter always a calorie counter. But I am trying to look at things with a new prospective such as checking out the trans fat instead of just the fat content.

  • stacy By stacy
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I always check the ingredients for sugar- how much and what kind.

  • daisyflower By daisyflower
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I always look at saturated fat (and trans fat)

  • diamonddiaries By diamonddiaries
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I always check for sugar too. I guess it's categorized under others. The 3 main things I check for -- fat, sodium, sugar.

  • Willow25 By Willow25
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    It's not really the "fat content" that I look at because it lies. I look to see if there is any hydrogenated fat. Hydrogenated fat is even worse than transfat, it's a man-made form of it. However, because it is not, quote, transfat, they can get away with saying it's not in there.

    I lowered my cholesterol, and so did several friends, by 13 points in one month just by cutting out HYDROGENATED FAT. That is just as good/better results as eating oatmeal or cheerios every day.

  • ljford1223 By ljford1223
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    Calories are the most important to me because foods that are high in calories simply allow you to gain more weight. The fat is not as important. The sodium in a lot of foods can also keep you from losing or continue to gain

  • cjkriebel By cjkriebel
    on Jan 29, 2008  

    I alway's count calories, although i have slacked off a little. need to get back on the ball.