NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -List of ingredients on food labels. All ingredients must be listed in descending order by weight, including added water. Remember: The first ingredient listed is present in the largest amount by weight.

Detailed explanation-2: -How to read the ingredient list. The ingredients in packaged food and beverage items are listed separately from (and often below) the Nutrition Facts label. This information lists each ingredient in the product by its common or usual name, and in descending order by weight.

Detailed explanation-3: -On a product label, the ingredients are listed in order of predominance, with the ingredients used in the greatest amount first, followed in descending order by those in smaller amounts. The label must list the names of any FDA-certified color additives (e.g., FD&C Blue No. 1 or the abbreviated name, Blue 1).

Detailed explanation-4: -Ingredients must be listed in descending order (by ingoing weight). This means that when the food was manufactured, the first ingredient listed contributed the largest amount and the last ingredient listed contributed the least.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ingredients appear in descending order by weight: the one that weighs the most is listed first the one that weighs the least is last, and so on. Ingredients that make up less than 2 percent of the food by weight are also listed at the end.