Buy Food like a Pro!

Think you are a Pro when it comes to buying food at the grocery store? Take the quiz below and see how you rank!

Food Shopping IQ Quiz

1. When looking for low-fat items, do you:
A) Buy items marked "Low Fat" or "Reduced Fat"
B) Look at the number of grams of fat found on the Nutrition Label
C) Determine the percentage of calories from fat
D) Look at the percentage of fat found on the Nutrition Label

2. You generally do not buy new items at the store that you've never had before.
A) True
B) False

3. When choosing items that are low in sodium, do you:
A) Compare sodium to calories
B) Check out the milligrams of sodium found on the Nutrition Label
C) Look at the percentage of sodium found on the Nutrition Label
D) Buy items marked on the front of the packaging "Low Sodium"

4. Products enriched or fortified with vitamins and minerals are healthy options.
A) True
B) False

5. The percentages of Daily Value on the nutrition label are helpful in knowing whether something is good for me and it gives a lot of useful information.
A) True
B) False

6. When buying produce, you choose:
A) All organic, all the time. Organic is the best and worth the price!
B) Whatever is the cheapest. Organic is overrated!
C) Seasonally appropriate items & look for country of origin on labeling.
D) A mix of produce low in pesticides, not genetically modified & local.

Answer key: 1- C; 2- B; 3- A; 4- B; 5- B, 6- D

If you scored less than 5 correct or don't know the information behind the questions listed here, you may want to consider learning how to shop with easy-to-use information that always trumps the best food marketing.

You can learn to love the supermarket and become an expert at purchasing healthy food. It doesn't take much more than a desire to learn a few new priceless steps that will easily take the headache out of choosing healthy items while giving you the courage to integrate some new delicious and healthy items into your diet!
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Quiz created by Jennifer Fugo at Evolving Well, LLC. If you would like to reprint/publish this elsewhere, please provide the proper credits and website (http://www.evolvingwell.com).