How Food Labels Will Change Meal Planning

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If you are like most parents today, you have a strong desire to feed your family good, nutritious food. For many of us, convinience more often than we like will win over healthy. Meal planning is essential to getting your family the nutrition they need in their daily diet. Too often lack of planning puts us in a spot to grab something quick for dinner that we know is not the best for our families. The Facts Up Front label can be found on select products at your grocery store and this label displays important nutrient information that will help you make better decisions about what you feed your family. With all of the options available to us these days, it can be hard to pick out the products that best fit your families nutritional needs. how food labels will change meal planning #crystalandcomp If you have never been to the Facts Up Front website, they have some great resources available to help us make better choices at the grocery store. By using the educational tools they have available, you can increase your knowledge about nutrition. You can find out the nutritional needs for your entire family, as they will be different for most members of your family. Plus they have resources to help you put that information to work for you as you plan out your trip to the grocery store and plan some great meals for your family. The Facts Up Front website has some great tools to help you make informed decisions about nutrition for you and your family.

  • The Nutrition Calculator is easy to use and can help you estimate the daily nutrient needs for you and your family. This will be very helpful if you are trying to obtain and/or maintain a wholesome diet and weight. You just need to answer five simple questions to get all the info you need like daily calorie intake and suggested daily nutrients needed.
  • The Interactive Label provides all the information you need about each nutrient and how they impact our diet.
  • The Interactive Nutrition Quiz is a fun way to test your knowledge about nutrition, and see how easily you can spot opportunities to learn more about nutrition and building a nutritious diet.
  • The Shopping and Meal Planning Tips can help you create well-rounded, nutricious meals for your family. With advice from registered dietitians you can make a plan to get you from the grocery store to your dinner table.
  • They also have an online infographic that talks about the current obesity problem in the United States and how Facts Up Front can help us all make more informed decisions.
  • The Facts up Front website also has tons of great recipes that will give you lots of great ideas for easy, delicious meals that can be made with products bearing the Facts Up Front label. If you need special recipes like vegetarian or gluten-free, you can find special sections for great recipes with these dietary needs in mind.

So if you are looking for ways to save money but at the same time provide a balanced diet for your family, the Facts up Front website has some awesome tools to get you on the right track!

4 Comments

  1. Michelle @ Life on the Horizon says:

    Oh, thank you for sharing this!

  2. I recently read about the new nutrition labels. I will have to go and check out the Facts Up Front site. Thanks for sharing this post at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party.

  3. Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

  4. What a great resource. I need to pay more attention to labels (I’ve gotten lazy). Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday on Organized 31.

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