Use Percent Daily Value (%DV) as a guide. The %DV shows how much a nutrient in a serving of the food contributes to a total daily diet.

Learn how to understand and use the Nutrition Facts Label to make informed food choices that contribute to a healthy diet.

This tool provides a detailed look at all the information listed on the Nutrition Facts label, helpful tips for a healthy diet, and downloadable fact sheets to keep and share.

Read the Label on food packages in your pantry and refrigerator. Then, add items to your family’s shopping list that are higher in nutrients to get more of and lower in nutrients to get less of.

Use the label to support your personal dietary needs—choose foods that contain more of the nutrients you want to get more of and less of nutrients you may want to limit.

The nutrition information listed on the Nutrition Facts label is usually based on one serving of the food. Packages can—and often do— contain more than one serving!

Using the Nutrition Facts label together with MyPlate can help you be healthier now and in the future. After all, what you eat and drink over time matters.

% Daily Value (%DV) shows how much of a nutrient in a serving of the food contributes to a total daily diet. Use %DV to determine if a serving of the food is high or low in an individual nutrient and to …

FDA's educational materials about the Nutrition Facts Label for consumers, educators, teachers, dietitians and health professionals.

These FDA web pages address the labeling requirements for foods under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its amendments.