Infographic: Front-of-package nutrition labelling

…will help you quickly and easily identify foods high in saturated fat, sugars and sodium

A diet high in saturated fat, sugars and sodium is a major risk factor for obesity, heart disease and diabetes^{Footnote 1}

8 in 10 Canadians say nutrition is important when choosing foods, but…^{Footnote 2}

60% of the foods we buy are prepackaged and processed^{Footnote 3}

Many of these foods are high in:

• Saturated fat
• Sugars
• Sodium ^{Footnote 4Footnote 5Footnote 6}

Saturated fat

1/3 of the fat we eat comes from snacks and fast food^{Footnote 5}

Sugars

2/3 of prepackaged foods in the grocery store have sugars added to them^{Footnote 7}

Sodium

3/4 of the sodium we eat comes from prepackaged and processed foods^{Footnote 8}