How To Read A Nutrition Label Video

Understanding how to read a nutrition label is key to managing a UCD diet. This video covers common mistakes, such as misinterpreting serving sizes and protein content, and provides tips for making more accurate and informed food choices.

My name is Carol, and I've worked with metabolic disorders for 26 years.

Some common mistakes people make when they're reading food labels are assuming that whatever the grams of protein that are listed are for the entire container.

It's really important.

You have to look not only at how many grams of protein it contains, but also what is the portion size and how many servings in that container.

Another common mistake is not realizing that the protein that they list on the food labels are rounded to the nearest whole number.

It's not only important to look at the food label, but also to look at the ingredient list and look through there and see if you see any foods or ingredients that you know contain protein, like flour, eggs, milk.

Another common mistake is assuming that if it says 0 protein, that it doesn't contain any protein.

The good rule of thumb then is to assume that the food has a half a gram of protein per serving just to be safe.

So for some people with a more liberal protein tolerance, that's fine, they don't need to be any more exact.

But for patients who have a very low tolerance, that's not accurate enough by just, you know, going off a food label.

They need to actually use those lists.