Nutrition-conscious consumers are bombarded with claims on packages these days. How do you make sense of it all? The food industry and the government have helped to standardize and define food-labeling claims for most foods.

Use the Package Labels guide at the top-right corner of this page to better understand what the different claims on a food package really mean for you and your meal plan.

Package Label Exceptions

Package label definitions do not apply to the following:

• Meat products
• Main dishes
• Foods consumed in small quantities