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The most important item on the food label is

It is at the top of the food label.

Serving size is the recommended portion of food to be eaten.

Sometimes it is more or less than we eat.

All of the information on the food label is based on one serving.

The food label tells you what one serving is and how many total servings are in the package.

Look at this label. What is one serving? How many servings are in the package?
(Attention detectives! If you put the cursor on the correct place of the food label it will give you the answers)

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Funded by the USDA's Food Stamp Program through the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families.
1 oz. (28g/About 10 pieces) 6 servings in the package