Infographic: Front-of-package nutrition labelling

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Organization: Health Canada
Type: Poster
Published: 2022-06
…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 diabetesFootnote 1
8 in 10 Canadians say nutrition is important when choosing foods, but…Footnote 2
60% of the foods we buy are prepackaged and processedFootnote 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 foodFootnote 5
Sugars
2/3 of prepackaged foods in the grocery store have sugars added to themFootnote 7
Sodium
3/4 of the sodium we eat comes from prepackaged and processed foodsFootnote 8
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