- Canadian Food Label -
The Nutrition Label Gives the Nutrition Facts

Through the Food and Drugs Act, Health Canada regulates the labelling of food products in Canada.

Why is a nutrition label important for Canadians?

With more and more Canadian food being processed and offered in packages Canadians were becoming vulnerable to the effects of diet induced health problems such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Canadians are consuming more and more foods that have been highly processed and the labelling requirements up until 2007 were not adequate enough to meet the needs of Canadians on special diets with specified dietary limitations for salt, potassium and other nutrients.

Under the mandate of public protection the Canadian government increased the requirements for the nutrition label to include more nutrition facts including the expected serving size, amount of trans fats, and the percentage of calories that area derived from fat.

You are a registered nurse, can you read and interpret this nutrition label for your patients?

Would you recommend this food for a patient on a low sodium diet?

If you want to improve your chances of success on the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam you will need to be familiar with Canadian food.

---

More information for Internationally Educated Nurses preparing to write the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam

More about Canadian food

a recipe for Nanaimo Bars!

Go to the list of high potassium food

Read about the DASH diet

Go from this article explaining the Canadian food label to an article on a low sodium diet

---