How should I use the%Daily Value (%DV) column on the food label?
A – 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%age means the food contains a lot of a nutrient and a low%age means it contains a little. Look to see whether the nutrients most of us need more of (such as total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, and certain vitamins and minerals) have high%ages. 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%ages. The goal is to choose foods that together give you close to 100% of each nutrient for a day, or average about 100% 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 over 65 grams, the upper limit recommended for a 2,000 calorie daily diet. If the food you’re preparing has 16 grams for fat per serving and shows the%Daily Val
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