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Show prices clearly, including any extra costs. This prevents surprises when the bill comes.

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Write clear descriptions of each dish so customers know what they are ordering. For example, if a dish has chicken, say "grilled chicken" instead of just "chicken."

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Use real photos of the food that match what you serve.

This helps customers know what to expect.

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Be honest about how much food customers will get.

If a dish is a small size, mention that.

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Explain how the food is cooked. For example, if something is baked instead of fried, say that on the menu.

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If ingredients are local or organic, let customers know. This can make the food more appealing.

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The Fit Mother Project - Fitness For Busy Moms

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How to Read Nutrition Information → Food Labels EXPLAINED

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Include all the main ingredients in each dish. This helps people with allergies know what to avoid.

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Learn about the list of ingredients and how to use it.

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What is the list of ingredients

Most prepackaged foods in Canada with more than one ingredient must have a list of ingredients. This list shows all the ingredients in a prepackaged food. It also provides important information for people with food allergies and intolerances to certain ingredients.

Figure 1. List of ingredients

Figure 1 - Text description

Shown here is the image of the back of a bilingual food label on a yogurt tub. A list of ingredients appears in the middle. A partial nutrition facts table appears on the right-hand side of the image. A universal price code (UPC) appears on the left-hand side of the image.

The first line starts with the word Ingredients, in bold, followed by a colon. This is followed by Whole milk, sugars, open parenthesis, sugar, strawberry puree, raspberry puree, blueberry puree, blackberry puree, close parenthesis. This is followed by the word Water, Milk protein concentrate, Modified corn starch, Natural and artificial flavour, Guar gum, Bacterial cultures, Carrageenan, Sodium citrate, Citric acid, Potassium sorbate, Sucralose.

The next line in the box starts with the word Contains, in bold, followed by a colon and the word Milk.

The next lines provide the list of ingredients information described previously in French.

How to use the list of ingredients

You can use the list of ingredients to:

check if a food product has a certain ingredient

identify sources of nutrients, such as sugars

avoid a food product in case of a food allergy or intolerance

understand how much added sugar is in the food compared to other ingredients

The list of ingredients lists all of the ingredients in a food product by weight. The list starts with the ingredient that weighs the most and ends with the ingredient that weighs the least. This means that a food contains more of the ingredients found at the beginning of the list, and less of the ingredients at the end of the list.

Some ingredients may appear at the end of the list of ingredients in any order, including:

flavours

food additives

seasonings (except for salt)

added vitamins and minerals

flavour enhancers like monosodium glutamate (MSG)

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Nutrition labelling: List of ingredients - Canada.ca

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Most prepackaged foods in Canada with more than one ingredient must have a list of ingredients.

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Restaurants should be honest about what they serve. The menu should say exactly what the food is, how it's made, and what it has in it.

This way, people know what they are ordering and can trust the restaurant.

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How often do you check portion sizes before ordering ?