Food Packaging

Question 1

What are food traffic lights?

Answer 1

Color coding on food labels used for packaging.

Red means high and can be harmful
Orange means medium
Green means low.

Question 2

What is the difference between ‘best before’ and ‘use before’?

Answer 2

Best Before - date tells till when the food taste will be at its best,

Use Before - date that tell till when is food safe to eat and after that often harmful bacteria can grow in them

Question 3

In EU food packaging with label ‘organic’ means what?

Answer 3

Food is grown and produced without the use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides.

Question 4

What does the label low fat mean?

Answer 4

Food should contain less than 3g of sugars per 100 g of food.

Question 5

What does reduced fat, light or lite mean?

Answer 5

Food must contain 30% less fat or energy than another food of the same type.

For e.g 100g of reduced fat yoghurt will give 30% less energy or fat than 100g of full fat yoghurt

Question 6

What does some food packaging is label as handmade or using finest ingredients?

Answer 6

To attract customers