How should I use the %Daily Value (%DV) column on the food label?
By using the %Daily Values, you can easily determine whether a food contributes a lot or a little of a particular nutrient. And you can compare different foods with no need to do any calculations. A high percentage means the food contains a lot of a nutrient and a low percentage means it contains a little Look to see whether the nutrients most of us need more of (such as total carbohydrates, dietary fibre, and certain vitamins and minerals) have high percentages. Look to see whether the nutrients most of us need to limit (such as fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and for some people, sodium) have low percentages. The goal is to choose foods that together give you close to 100 percent of each nutrient for a day, or average about 100 percent a day over a few days, depending on the nutrient. For example, if your goal is 2,000 calories, your total fat intake would be no more than 65 grams, the upper limit recommend for a 2,00 calorie daily diet. If the food you’re preparing has 16 grams for
